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ReviewNeurosurgery clinics of North America2020

Minimally Invasive Surgery Strategies: Changing the Treatment of Spine Tumors.

Ori Barzilai, Adam M Robin, John E O'Toole, Ilya Laufer

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Review in Neurosurgery clinics of North America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Surgery of the tumors of the spine.EFORT open reviews · 2026
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  14. Current and Emerging Approaches for Spine Tumor Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ori BarzilaiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Adam M RobinDepartment of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI, USA.
John E O'TooleDepartment of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1653 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Ilya LauferDepartment of Neurosurgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: lauferi@mskcc.org.
Cornell University · USHenry Ford Hospital · USRush University Medical Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Innovation in surgical technique and contemporary spinal instrumentation paired with intraoperative navigation/imaging concepts allows for safer and less-invasive surgical approaches. The combination of stereotactic body radiotherapy, contemporary surgical adjuncts, and less-invasive techniques serves to minimize blood loss, soft tissue injury, and length of hospital stay without compromising surgical efficacy, potentially enabling patients to begin adjuvant treatment sooner.

Indexed as

Minimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresNeurosurgical ProceduresHumansRadiosurgerySpinal Cord NeoplasmsSpinal NeoplasmsSpineMinimal access surgeryMinimally invasive surgery (MIS)Spinal metastasesSpinal tumor

Identifiers

PMID32147011
PMCPMC7703710
OpenAlexW3010430075

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