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ArticleAsian journal of neurosurgery2022

A Factorial Analysis on Visual Outcomes of Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Macroadenoma.

Ben Chat Fong Ng, Calvin Hoi-Kwan Mak, Chong Shing Yee Steffi, See Ka Wing, Tse Tat Shing, Cheung Fung Ching

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Article in Asian journal of neurosurgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. [Visual field index and pituitary tumors resected by microsurgical transsphenoidal approach].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026
    Observational
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ben Chat Fong NgDepartment of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Calvin Hoi-Kwan MakDepartment of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Chong Shing Yee SteffiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
See Ka WingDepartment of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Tse Tat ShingDepartment of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Cheung Fung ChingDepartment of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

pituitary macroadenomatranssphenoidal surgeryvisual outcomes

Identifiers

PMID36120608
PMCPMC9473845
OpenAlexW4293201898

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Registered trials

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