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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020

Francesco Acerbi, Bianca Pollo, Camilla De Laurentis, Francesco Restelli, Jacopo Falco, Ignazio G Vetrano, Morgan Broggi, Marco Schiariti, Irene Tramacere, Paolo Ferroli and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francesco AcerbiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Bianca PolloNeuropathology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Camilla De LaurentisDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Francesco RestelliDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Jacopo FalcoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Ignazio G VetranoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Morgan BroggiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Marco SchiaritiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Irene TramacereDepartment of Research and Clinical Development, Scientific Directorate, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Paolo FerroliDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Francesco DiMecoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundConfocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) allowing intraoperative near real-time high-resolution cellular visualization is a promising method in neurosurgery. We prospectively tested the accuracy of a new-designed miniatured CLE (CONVIVO® system) in giving an intraoperative first-diagnosis during glioblastoma removal.

methodsBetween January and May 2018, 15 patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma underwent fluorescein-guided surgery. Two biopsies from both tumor central core and margins were harvested, dividing each sample into two specimens. Biopsies were firstly intraoperatively

resultsBlindly comparing CONVIVO® and frozen sections images we obtained a high rate of concordance in both providing a correct diagnosis and categorizing patterns at tumor central core (80 and 93.3%, respectively) and at tumor margins (80% for both objectives). Comparing CONVIVO® and permanent sections, concordance resulted similar at central core (total/partial concordance in 80 and 86.7% for diagnosis and morphological categorization, respectively) and lower at tumor margins (66.6% for both categories). Time from fluorescein injection and time from biopsy sampling to CONVIVO® scanning was 134 ± 31 min (122-214 min) and 9.23 min (1-17min), respectively. Mean time needed for CONVIVO® images interpretation was 5.74 min (1-7 min).

conclusionsThe high rate of diagnostic/morphological consistency found between CONVIVO® and frozen section analyses suggests the possibility to use CLE as a complementary tool for intraoperative diagnosis of

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