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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2021

Meibomian Gland Morphology Changes After Cataract Surgery: A Contra-Lateral Eye Study.

Pingjun Chang, Shuyi Qian, Zhizi Xu, Feng Huang, Yinying Zhao, Zhangliang Li, Yun-E Zhao

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Meibomian gland atrophy in children with allergic conjunctivitis.International journal of ophthalmology · 2025
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  8. Risk Factors for Meibomian Gland Disease Assessed by Meibography.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pingjun ChangEye Hospital and School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Shuyi QianEye Hospital and School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Zhizi XuHangzhou Xiaoshan Liuliqiao Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
Feng HuangEye Hospital and School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Yinying ZhaoEye Hospital and School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Zhangliang LiEye Hospital and School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Yun-E ZhaoEye Hospital and School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Wenzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

automated algorithmcataract surgerydry eye diseasemeibomian gland atrophymeibomian gland dysfunctionmeibomian gland morphologyself-contrast study

Identifiers

PMID34912826
PMCPMC8666960
OpenAlexW3216604780

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