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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2019

Percutaneous Interspinous Spacer in Spinal-Canal-Stenosis Treatment: Pros and Cons.

Chiara Zini, Matteo Bellini, Salvatore Masala, Stefano Marcia

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In one paragraph

Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. MR-guided spine interventions: time to get off the ground?Annals of translational medicine · 2021
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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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Chiara ZiniDipartimento di Radiologia, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, 50012 Firenze, Italy.
Matteo BelliniUOC NINT Neuroimmagini e Neurointerventistica, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Salvatore MasalaDiagnostica per Immagini e Radiologia Interventistica Ospedale San Giovanni Battista, 00148 Roma, Italy.
Stefano MarciaRadiologia PO SS Trinità, ATS Sardegna ASSL Cagliari, 09121 Cagliari, Italy. stemarcia@gmail.com.
ATS Sardegna (Italy) · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese · ITAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria San Giovanni Battista · ITAzienda Usl Toscana Centro · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A comprehensive description of the literature regarding interspinous process devices (IPD) mainly focused on comparison with conservative treatment and surgical decompression for the treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. Recent meta-analysis and articles are listed in the present article in order to establish IPD pros and cons.

Indexed as

Conservative TreatmentHumansIntervertebral Disc DegenerationProstheses and ImplantsSpinal StenosisTreatment Outcomedegenerative lumbar spinal stenosisneurogenic intermittent claudicationpercutaneous interspinous devices

Identifiers

PMID31315310
PMCPMC6681403
OpenAlexW2960822642

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Registered trials

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