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SynthesisFrontiers in neurology2021

Resective, Ablative and Radiosurgical Interventions for Drug Resistant Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes.

Kajol Marathe, Ali Alim-Marvasti, Karan Dahele, Fenglai Xiao, Sarah Buck, Aidan G O'Keeffe, John S Duncan, Vejay N Vakharia

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.7field-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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Factors predicting the response to vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in pediatric patients with drug- resistant epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kajol MaratheDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Ali Alim-MarvastiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Karan DaheleDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Fenglai XiaoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Sarah BuckDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Aidan G O'KeeffeDepartment of Statistical Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
John S DuncanDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Vejay N VakhariaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
University College London · GBEpilepsy Research UK · GBNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBWellcome / EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

epilepsyLITT = laser interstitial thermal therapyMTLE = mesial temporal lobe epilepsyradiofrequency ablation (RFA)radiosurgerysurgery

Identifiers

PMID34956057
PMCPMC8695716
OpenAlexW4200516140

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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