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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2021

Microendoscope-Assisted Versus Open Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Lumbar Degenerative Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.

Masayoshi Fukushima, Nozomu Ohtomo, Michita Noma, Yudai Kumanomido, Hiroyuki Nakarai, Keiichiro Tozawa, Yuichi Yoshida, Ryuji Sakamoto, Junya Miyahara, Masato Anno and 6 more

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Abdominal aortic calcification and functional recovery in patients undergoing posterior lumbar interbody fusion: a retrospective cohort study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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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

16 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Masayoshi FukushimaSpine Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan.
Nozomu OhtomoUniversity of Tokyo Spine Group (UTSG), Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Michita NomaSpine Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan.
Yudai KumanomidoSpine Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan.
Hiroyuki NakaraiUniversity of Tokyo Spine Group (UTSG), Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4908-309X
Keiichiro TozawaUniversity of Tokyo Spine Group (UTSG), Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Yuichi YoshidaUniversity of Tokyo Spine Group (UTSG), Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Ryuji SakamotoUniversity of Tokyo Spine Group (UTSG), Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Junya MiyaharaUniversity of Tokyo Spine Group (UTSG), Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Masato AnnoSpine Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan.
Naohiro KawamuraUniversity of Tokyo Spine Group (UTSG), Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Akiro HigashikawaUniversity of Tokyo Spine Group (UTSG), Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Yujiro TakeshitaUniversity of Tokyo Spine Group (UTSG), Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Hirohiko InanamiUniversity of Tokyo Spine Group (UTSG), Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8584-5672
Sakae TanakaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Yasushi OshimaUniversity of Tokyo Spine Group (UTSG), Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Japanese Red Cross Medical Center · JPThe University of Tokyo · JPToranomon Hospital · JPJapan Organization of Occupational Health and Safety · JPYokohama Rosai Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Spinal FusionHumansLumbar VertebraeLumbosacral RegionMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresRetrospective StudiesTreatment Outcomemicroendoscopemulticenter studyposterior lumbar interbody fusion

Identifiers

PMID33567496
PMCPMC7916072
OpenAlexW3128986017

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Registered trials

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