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ArticleSaudi medical journal2021

Comment on: Safety and cost-effectiveness of outpatient thyroidectomy: A retrospective observational study.

Sandro Contini, Samiah S Alangari

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Article in Saudi medical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sandro ContiniThe University of Parma Parma, Italy.
Samiah S AlangariDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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OutpatientsThyroidectomyAmbulatory Surgical ProceduresCost-Benefit AnalysisHumansRetrospective Studies

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PMID33795505
PMCPMC8128647

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