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ReviewJournal of ophthalmology2019

Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF

Idan Hecht, Michael Mimouni, Eytan Z Blumenthal, Yoreh Barak

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Review in Journal of ophthalmology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Idan HechtSackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-5634-0432
Michael MimouniDepartment of Ophthalmology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-4661-0993
Eytan Z BlumenthalDepartment of Ophthalmology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Yoreh BarakDepartment of Ophthalmology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-6941-862X
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILTel Aviv University · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeA systematic literature search was conducted to identify and review studies comparing SF

methodsPublications up to October 2018 that focused on macular hole surgery in terms of primary closure, complications, and clinical outcomes were included. Forest plots were created using a weighted summary of proportion meta-analysis. Analysis was performed separately for SF

resultsNine pertinent publications studying a total of 4,715 patients were identified in 2000 to 2017, including two randomized studies (

conclusionsBoth SF

Identifiers

PMID30993017
PMCPMC6434271
OpenAlexW2922058344

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