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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021

Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices: A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of Psychological Support on Quality of Life and Body Image (BI-PORT).

Eleonora Pinto, Elisa Granziera, Matteo Cagol, Sandra Cappellato, Rita Alfieri, Valentina Mari, Muzio Meroni, Vittorina Zagonel, Pierfranco Conte, Pierluigi Pilati and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Implantable Ports vs Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in Breast Cancer Chemotherapy: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
    Pooled it
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

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Eleonora PintoEsophageal and Digestive Tract Surgical Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV-IRCCS), Padua, Italy.
Elisa GranzieraAnesthesiology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV-IRCCS), Padua, Italy.
Matteo CagolBreast Surgery Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV-IRCCS), Padua, Italy.
Sandra CappellatoAnesthesiology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV-IRCCS), Padua, Italy.
Rita AlfieriEsophageal and Digestive Tract Surgical Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV-IRCCS), Padua, Italy.
Valentina MariGeneral Surgery Unit 3, Azienda Ospedale University of Padua (AOUP), Padua, Italy.
Muzio MeroniAnesthesiology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV-IRCCS), Padua, Italy.
Vittorina ZagonelMedical Oncology Unit 1, Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV-IRCCS), Padua, Italy.
Pierfranco ConteMedical Oncology Unit 2, Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV-IRCCS), Padua, Italy.
Pierluigi PilatiEsophageal and Digestive Tract Surgical Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV-IRCCS), Padua, Italy.
Carlo CastoroDepartment of Upper GI Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Italy.
Francesco CavallinIndependent Statistician, Solagna, Italy.
Marco ScarpaGeneral Surgery Unit 3, Azienda Ospedale University of Padua (AOUP), Padua, Italy.
Istituto Oncologico Veneto · ITUniversity of Padua · ITHumanitas University · ITIstituto Nazionale di Statistica · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

body imagechemotherapypsychological supportquality of lifetotally implantable venous access devices

Identifiers

PMID34867586
PMCPMC8632700
OpenAlexW3214194635

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