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ArticlePharmaceutics2020

Treating Intracranial Abscesses in Rats with Stereotactic Injection of Biodegradable Vancomycin-Embedded Microparticles.

Yuan-Yun Tseng, Ching-Wei Kao, Kuo-Sheng Liu, Ya-Ling Tang, Yen-Wei Liu, Shih-Jung Liu

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yuan-Yun TsengDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.
Ching-Wei KaoDepartment of Anesthesiology, Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan.
Kuo-Sheng LiuDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial. Hospital, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan.
Ya-Ling TangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan 33302, Taiwan.
Yen-Wei LiuDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial. Hospital, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan.
Shih-Jung LiuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan 33302, Taiwan.
Chang Gung University · TWLinkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWTaipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital · TW

Funding

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital CMRPD2G0251National Science Council 106-2314-B-038-045-MY2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain abscesses are emergent and life-threating despite advances in modern neurosurgical techniques and antibiotics. The present study explores the efficacy of vancomycin embedded to 50:50 poly(lactic-

Indexed as

brain abscessdrug deliveryelectrosprayingpoly(lactide-co-glycolide acid)stereotacticvancomycin

Identifiers

PMID31979198
PMCPMC7076644
OpenAlexW3001381724

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