Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32008456›Full record

ArticleScience progress

A modified Fox pentagon technique performed using a polytetrafluoroethylene sling in frontalis suspension to treat blepharophimosis syndrome.

Yuan Wang, Qian Wu, Li Li, Wen Liu, Cheng Li, Yunwei Fan, WenHong Cao, Ningdong Li

Open access · diamondAbstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Science progress. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuan WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9350-4061
Qian WuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Li LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Wen LiuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Cheng LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Yunwei FanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
WenHong CaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Ningdong LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Capital Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the functional and cosmetic outcomes of a new modified Fox pentagon technique performed using polytetrafluoroethylene in frontalis suspension surgery for blepharophimosis syndrome. This retrospective study enrolled 40 patients diagnosed with blepharophimosis syndrome from March 2016 to October 2018. All patients underwent frontalis suspension using a new modified Fox pentagon technique. The functional and cosmetic outcomes were evaluated. After the operation, the mean palpebral fissure height increased from 2.68 to 6.93 in right eyes and from 2.73 to 6.98 in left eyes. The mean MRD1 increased from 0.53 to 3.76 in right eyes and from 0.50 to 3.78 in left eyes. While preoperative to postoperative differences were statistically significant (

Indexed as

BlepharoptosisPolytetrafluoroethyleneBlepharophimosisEyelidsHumansOculomotor MusclesRetrospective StudiesSkin AbnormalitiesUrogenital AbnormalitiesPolytetrafluoroethyleneBlepharophimosis syndromechildrenFox pentagon techniquefrontalis suspensionpolytetrafluoroethylene sling

Identifiers

PMID32008456
PMCPMC10452787
OpenAlexW3005191892

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.