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

Brain abscess of odontogenic origin in children: a systematic review of the literature with emphasis on therapeutic aspects and a new case presentation.

C Lajolo, G Favia, L Limongelli, A Tempesta, A Zuppa, M Cordaro, I Vanella, M Giuliani

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Synthesis 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 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Paediatric brain abscesses and odontogenic infection: a critical analysis of the existing literature.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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  4. Odontogenic brain abscess caused byJournal of oral microbiology · 2025
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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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

C LajoloHead and Neck Department, "Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS"; School of Dentistry, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
G FaviaDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Complex Operating Unit of Odontostomatology, "Aldo Moro" University, Bari, Italy.
L LimongelliDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Complex Operating Unit of Odontostomatology, "Aldo Moro" University, Bari, Italy.
A TempestaDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Complex Operating Unit of Odontostomatology, "Aldo Moro" University, Bari, Italy.
A ZuppaDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Paediatrics, "Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS", Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
M CordaroHead and Neck Department, "Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS"; School of Dentistry, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
I VanellaHead and Neck Department, "Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS"; School of Dentistry, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
M GiulianiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Italy.
Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITUniversity of Foggia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdolescentAnti-Bacterial AgentsBrain AbscessChildChild, PreschoolDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansMaleOral HealthPeriodontal AbscessAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntibiotic therapyBrain abscessChildrenOral abscess

Identifiers

PMID31097823
PMCPMC6522858
OpenAlexW2945207984

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Registered trials

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