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ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2022

Breast Implant Illness and

Philip H McCarthy, Nathaniel A Teitler, Heidi H Hon, Jason J Miller

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Journal of surgical case reports · 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Philip H McCarthyDepartment of General Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb.
Nathaniel A TeitlerCollege of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb.
Heidi H HonDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb.
Jason J MillerDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb.
Nebraska Medical Center · USUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast implant illness (BII) is a term to describe a wide range of nonspecific symptoms after breast implant placement. At present, no specific diagnostic criteria for BII exist, and there is limited solid understanding of what causes BII. There is some evidence that biofilm infections such as those caused by

Identifiers

PMID35242491
PMCPMC8884533
OpenAlexW4214771878

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Registered trials

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