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ArticleCureus2020

Laparoscope-Assisted Guidance to the Pineal Region.

Rose Fluss, Andrew J Kobets, David Altschul, Jonathan Nakhla, Patrick Lasala

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Rose FlussNeurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA.
Andrew J KobetsNeurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, USA.
David AltschulNeurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, USA.
Jonathan NakhlaNeurological Surgery, Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, Mobile, USA.
Patrick LasalaNeurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, USA.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USMobile Infirmary · USMontefiore Medical Center · USNeurological Surgery · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumors arising in the pineal region present a number of challenges when planning for effective removal. This report describes the successful resection of a falcotentorial meningioma occurring in a 56-year-old female using a supracerebellar infratentorial approach. In order to excise the pineal region mass, a unique combination of instrumentation was used, including a microscope, endoscope, and abdominal laparoscope. This technique afforded us passage to the pineal region, which allowed for enhanced visualization and maneuverability and was more amenable to decreasing the physical stress of the operating surgeon. This article is the first to detail the use of an abdominal laparoscope to remove a pineal tumor of this size for near-total resection. The various surgical approaches and tools traditionally used to remove pineal tumors are discussed, and the particular advantages and disadvantages of our hybrid approach are reviewed.

Indexed as

abdominal laparoscopeendoscopefalcotentorial meningiomapineal regionsupracerebellar infratentorial approachsurgical ergonomics

Identifiers

PMID32789035
PMCPMC7417035
OpenAlexW3041151720

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