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ArticleBrain sciences2021

Efficacy of DiscoGel in Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease: A Prospective 1-Year Observation of 67 Patients.

Kajetan Latka, Klaudia Kozlowska, Marek Waligora, Waldemar Kolodziej, Tomasz Olbrycht, Jacek Chowaniec, Stanislaw Hendryk, Miroslaw Latka, Dariusz Latka

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Article in Brain sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kajetan LatkaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital in Opole, Institute of Medicine, University of Opole, 45-001 Opole, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4230-4489
Klaudia KozlowskaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4768-9362
Marek WaligoraClinical Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Opole, 45-040 Opole, Poland.
Waldemar KolodziejDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital in Opole, Institute of Medicine, University of Opole, 45-001 Opole, Poland.
Tomasz OlbrychtDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital in Opole, Institute of Medicine, University of Opole, 45-001 Opole, Poland.
Jacek ChowaniecDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital in Opole, Institute of Medicine, University of Opole, 45-001 Opole, Poland.
Stanislaw HendrykMedical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland.
Miroslaw LatkaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2827-9029
Dariusz LatkaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital in Opole, Institute of Medicine, University of Opole, 45-001 Opole, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3958-2477
University of Opole · PLWrocław University of Science and Technology · PLMedical University of Silesia · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with degenerative disc disease may suffer from chronic lumbar discogenic (DP) or radicular leg (RLP) pain. Minimally invasive DiscoGel therapy involves the percutaneous injection of an ethanol gel into the degenerated disk's nucleus pulposus. This paper compares the 1-year outcome of such treatment in DP and RLP patients. We operated on 67 patients (49 men and 18 women) aged 20-68 years (mean age 46 ± 11 years) with DP (

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chemonucleolysisdiscogenic painethanol gellow back painpercutaneous spine surgeryradiculopathy

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PMCPMC8615618
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