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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2019

Coblation tonsillectomy versus coblation tonsillectomy with ties in adults.

Xuanchen Zhou, Anting Xu, Xiaoyue Zhen, Kun Gao, Zhaoyang Cui, Zhiyong Yue, Jie Han

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of tonsillar fossa suturing in adolescents and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Coblation Versus Diode Laser Tonsillectomy: A Comparative Study.Iranian journal of otorhinolaryngology · 2022
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xuanchen ZhouDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2098-7266
Anting XuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Xiaoyue ZhenMinimally Invasive Urology Center, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Kun GaoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Zhaoyang CuiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Zhiyong YueDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Jie HanDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Shandong University · CNSecond Hospital of Shandong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

TonsillectomyAdultFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansMalePostoperative HemorrhagePostoperative PainSurvival AnalysisCoblationhemorrhagepainrecurrent tonsillitistiestonsillar hypertrophytonsillectomy

Identifiers

PMID31456472
PMCPMC6833402
OpenAlexW2970193771

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