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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020

Comparison of

Natale Quartuccio, Ludovico Maria Garau, Annachiara Arnone, Marco Pappalardo, Domenico Rubello, Gaspare Arnone, Gianpiero Manca

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Natale QuartuccioNuclear Medicine Unit, A.R.N.A.S. Ospedali Civico, Di Cristina e Benfratelli, 90128 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9845-1384
Ludovico Maria GarauRegional Center of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5603-4689
Annachiara ArnoneNuclear Medicine Unit, A.R.N.A.S. Ospedali Civico, Di Cristina e Benfratelli, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
Marco PappalardoDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgical, Oncological, and Oral Sciences, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Domenico RubelloNuclear Medicine Unit, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, 35100 Rovigo, Italy.
Gaspare ArnoneNuclear Medicine Unit, A.R.N.A.S. Ospedali Civico, Di Cristina e Benfratelli, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
Gianpiero MancaRegional Center of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale ed Alta Specializzazione · ITUniversity of Pisa · ITOspedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Rovigo · ITUniversity of Palermo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We compared the detection rate (DR) for sentinel lymph nodes (SLN), the number of SLNs and the subjects with additional SLNs of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT/CT) and planar lymphoscintigraphy (PL) in patients with melanoma. Furthermore, we evaluated the impact of SPECT/CT on surgical plans. Articles containing head-to-head comparisons between SPECT/CT and PL were searched in Pubmed/MEDLINE and Scopus. The literature search was updated until December 31st, 2019. DR was calculated on a per patient-based analysis; the studies were pooled by their odds ratios (ORs) with a random effects model to assess the significance of difference (

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99mTc-labeled colloidsmelanomameta-analysisplanar lymphoscintigraphysentinel lymph nodesingle photon emission/computed tomography

Identifiers

PMID32498217
PMCPMC7356992
OpenAlexW3031681524

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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