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ArticleANZ journal of surgery2021

COVID-19 nasopharyngeal swab causing a traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leak.

Christopher Ovenden, Vishal Bulshara, Sandy Patel, Erich Vsykocil, Rowan Valentine, Alkis Psaltis, Amal Abou-Hamden

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Article in ANZ journal of surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Traumatic CSF rhinorrhea associated with COVID-19 testing: a case series and systematic review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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  6. COVID-19 and rhinological surgery.Operative techniques in otolaryngology--head and neck surgery · 2022
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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

7 authors.

Christopher OvendenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Vishal BulsharaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Sandy PatelDepartment of Radiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Erich VsykocilDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Rowan ValentineDepartment of Otolaryngology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Alkis PsaltisDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Amal Abou-HamdenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

COVID-19Cerebrospinal Fluid LeakDiagnostic Tests, RoutineHumansNasopharynxSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID33890357
PMCPMC8250183

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