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ArticleMedicine2019

Surgical treatment of pulmonary artery sling and tracheal stenosis with or without tracheoplasty: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Dongxu Li, Xu Zhou, Mengsi Li, Xiaojing Liu

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Article in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dongxu LiDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery.
Xu ZhouEvidence-based Medicine Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang.
Mengsi LiDepartment of Anesthesiology.
Xiaojing LiuLaboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China.
Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPulmonary artery sling (PAS) is rare, often with tracheal stenosis. And the postoperative mortality is high. For now, there is no consensus on the tracheoplasty for the patients with PAS and tracheal stenosis.

methodsStudies involving surgical repair of PAS and tracheal stenosis with and without tracheoplasty were identified by searching the PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases until June 5, 2019. The assessed variables included ventilation time, early and late mortality, and symptom at follow-up. A random-effect/fixed-effect model was used to summarize the estimates of the mean difference (MD)/risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI).

resultsThis study will be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal for publication.

conclusionThis study will assess the safety and efficacy of tracheoplasty for patients with PAS and tracheal stenosis, and provide more evidence-based guidance in clinical practice. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42019139788.

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Plastic Surgery ProceduresHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicPulmonary ArterySystematic Reviews as TopicTracheal Stenosis

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PMID31577770
PMCPMC6783154
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