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ReviewEFORT open reviews2021

Echinococcosis of the spine.

Spyridon Sioutis, Lampros Reppas, Achilles Bekos, Eleftheria Soulioti, Theodosis Saranteas, Dimitrios Koulalis, Georgios Sapkas, Andreas F Mavrogenis

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In one paragraph

Review in EFORT open reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Total en bloc spondylectomy with artificial vertebral body replacement for thoracic spinal hydatidosis with hepatic involvement: a case report and literature review.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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  6. Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026
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  7. Spinal infections.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026
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  10. Hydatidosis with Atypical Localization: Report of Three Cases and Literature Review.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025
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  14. Current knowledge of vertebral osteomyelitis: a review.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  17. Secondary lumbosacral echinococcosis as presumptive sequelae of other primary locationses.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2024
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  20. Lumbosacral Echinococcosis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023
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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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Spyridon SioutisFirst Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0727-2063
Lampros ReppasFirst Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8082-3354
Achilles BekosFirst Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Eleftheria SouliotiSecond Department of Anaesthesiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Theodosis SaranteasSecond Department of Anaesthesiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios KoulalisFirst Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Georgios SapkasFirst Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Andreas F MavrogenisFirst Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Echinococcosis or hydatid disease affecting the spine is an uncommon manifestation of

Indexed as

daughter cystsdecompressionechinococcosisechinococcus granulosusendemicfusionhydatid cystspine

Identifiers

PMID34040806
PMCPMC8142696
OpenAlexW3147022382

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Registered trials

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