Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31847584›Full record

ArticleHand (New York, N.Y.)2021

Cost Savings of Carpal Tunnel Release Performed In-Clinic Compared to an Ambulatory Surgery Center: Time-Driven Activity-Based-Costing.

Melissa White, Harsh R Parikh, Kelsey L Wise, Sandy Vang, Christina M Ward, Brian P Cunningham

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Article in Hand (New York, N.Y.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. A Case Series of Surgically Treated Distal Radius Fractures: Implant Costs and Their Effect on Patient Outcomes.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2023
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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.

Melissa WhiteUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Harsh R ParikhUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Kelsey L WiseUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Sandy VangUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Christina M WardUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4138-2175
Brian P CunninghamUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6653-2451
Regions Hospital · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Ambulatory Surgical ProceduresCarpal Tunnel SyndromeAnesthesia, LocalAnesthetics, LocalCost SavingsHumansAnesthetics, Localambulatory surgery centercarpal tunnel releasetime-driven activity-based costingWide Awake Local Anesthesia no Tourniquet Technique

Identifiers

PMID31847584
PMCPMC8647325
OpenAlexW2996749756

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.