Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33660166›Full record

ArticleUpdates in surgery2021

Sclerotherapy with 3% polidocanol foam: revolutionizing outpatient treatment in patients with haemorrhoidal disease.

Gaetano Gallo, Maurizio Ronconi, Mario Trompetto

Open access · bronzeAbstract readLetter
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Article in Updates in surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.6field-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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gaetano GalloDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy. gallog@unicz.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1066-4671
Maurizio RonconiDepartment of General Surgery, ASST-Spedali Civili-Gardone V.T Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
Mario TrompettoDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, S. Rita Clinic, Vercelli, Italy.
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia · ITMagna Graecia University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

HemorrhoidsSclerotherapyHumansOutpatientsPolidocanolSclerosing SolutionsTreatment OutcomePolidocanolSclerosing Solutions

Identifiers

PMID33660166
PMCPMC7927757
OpenAlexW3135242483

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.