Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35178626›Full record

SynthesisNeurosurgical review2022

Gamma Knife radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Musa China, Amisha Vastani, Ciaran Scott Hill, Cornel Tancu, Patrick J Grover

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Neurosurgical review, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Stereotactic radiosurgery treatment of pediatric arteriovenous malformations: a PRISMA systematic review and meta-analysis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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  12. Angiographic predictors of spontaneous obliteration of transarterial partially embolized brain arteriovenous malformations.Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences · 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Musa China *Division of Medicine, University College London (UCL), London, UK. musa.china.15@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-9562-3769
Amisha Vastani *Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
Ciaran Scott HillDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
Cornel TancuDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
Patrick J GroverDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBThe London College · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Intracranial Arteriovenous MalformationsRadiosurgeryHumansRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeArteriovenous malformationAVMGamma knife radiosurgeryIntracranial haemorrhageRadiation-induced changesStereotactic radiosurgery

Identifiers

PMID35178626
PMCPMC9160151
OpenAlexW4213287163

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Registered trials

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