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ArticleLymphatic research and biology2019

A Comparison of Symptoms Among Patients with Head and Neck or Truncal Lymphedema and Normal Controls.

Jennifer K Doersam, Mary S Dietrich, Melissa A Adair, Bethany Rhoten, Jie Deng, Sheila H Ridner

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Article in Lymphatic research and biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Lymphedema management in patients with head and neck cancer: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials on physical therapy interventions.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
    Pooled it
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  3. Advanced pneumatic compression for treatment of lymphedema of the head and neck: a randomized wait-list controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jennifer K DoersamVanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee.
Mary S DietrichVanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee.
Melissa A AdairVanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee.
Bethany RhotenVanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee.
Jie DengUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sheila H RidnerVanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee.
Vanderbilt University · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) -Identifying correlates of functional immunity in SARS-CoV-2 convalescent plasmaUL1TR002243 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Paul A. Harris, Wesley H Self · 2017 to 2026
$130.7M
The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)UL1TR000445 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BERNARD, GORDON RAPHAEL · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000445NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002243
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultCase-Control StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHeadHumansLymphedemaMiddle AgedNeckOrgan SizeSymptom Assessmenthead and neck cancerlymphedemamidlinesymptomstruncal

Identifiers

PMID31381475
PMCPMC6919259
OpenAlexW2965948154

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Registered trials

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