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ArticleWorld neurosurgery2020

Letter to the Editor: Is COVID-19 the Cause of Delayed Surgical Treatment of Spine Trauma in Latin America?

Juan P Cabrera, Ratko Yurac, Alfredo Guiroy, Charles A Carazzo, Andrei F Joaquim, Juan J Zamorano, Marcelo Valacco, AO Spine Latin America Trauma Study Group

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Article in World neurosurgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Juan P CabreraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hospital Clínico Regional de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. Electronic address: jucabrera@udec.cl.
Ratko YuracDepartment of Orthopedic and Traumatology, University del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile; Spine Unit, Department of Traumatology, Clínica Alemana, Santiago, Chile.
Alfredo GuiroySpine Unit, Orthopedic Department, Hospital Español de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina.
Charles A CarazzoDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Passo Fundo, São Vicente de Paulo Hospital, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Andrei F JoaquimDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Juan J ZamoranoDepartment of Orthopedic and Traumatology, University del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile; Spine Unit, Department of Traumatology, Clínica Alemana, Santiago, Chile.
Marcelo ValaccoDepartment of Orthopedic and Traumatology, Hospital Churruca Visca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
AO Spine Latin America Trauma Study Group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansLatin AmericaPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Spinal Cord InjuriesTime-to-Treatment

Identifiers

PMID32426073
PMCPMC7233214

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Registered trials

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