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ArticleActa otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale2019

Free flap head and neck reconstruction in the elderly: what is the impact on quality of life?

A Ferri, E Segna, A Varazzani, C Copelli, S Valsecchi, G Dell'Aversana Orabona, A Baj

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Article in Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

A FerriMaxillo-Facial Surgery Division, Head and Neck Department, University Hospital of Parma, Italy.
E SegnaOral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Maggiore Policlinico of Milano, Italy.
A VarazzaniMaxillo-Facial Surgery Division, Head and Neck Department, University Hospital of Parma, Italy.
C CopelliMaxillo-Facial Surgery Operative Unit, Hospital Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
S ValsecchiUnit of Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital S. Anna, Como, Italy.
G Dell'Aversana OrabonaMaxillofacial Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
A BajOral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Maggiore Policlinico of Milano, Italy.
Ospedale Maggiore · ITCasa Sollievo della Sofferenza · ITOspedale Sant'Anna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Free Tissue FlapsQuality of LifeAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Squamous CellFemaleHeadHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMaleMicrosurgeryNeckNeck DissectionPlastic Surgery ProceduresRetrospective StudiesSkin NeoplasmsFree tissue flapsHead and neck cancerPatient health questionnaireQuality of lifeReconstructive microsurgery

Identifiers

PMID30745595
PMCPMC6536032
OpenAlexW2911297035

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