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SynthesisFrontiers in neurology2019

Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Octogenarians: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Weisong Zhao, Pengju Ma, Ping Zhang, Xuejing Yue

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in neurology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Clinical perspective in relation to age in patients treated with thrombectomy for anterior circulation stroke in a stroke center in Colombia.Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences · 2025
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  17. Efficacy and safety of reperfusion treatments in middle-old and oldest-old stroke patients.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Weisong ZhaoDepartment of Pediatrics, The First Clinic College of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Pengju MaDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Ping ZhangDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Xuejing YueSchool of Basic Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Xinxiang Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical 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

elderlymechanical thrombectomymeta-analysisoutcomesstroke

Identifiers

PMID32038452
PMCPMC6993560
OpenAlexW3001881033

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