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ArticleSurgical neurology international2022

Postoperative cerebrospinal fluid infection by

Wafa Faisal Aldhafeeri, Fehid Habalrih, Ali Hamad Al Omar, Atheer Abdulaziz Altamimi, Marahib Saud Alshahrani, Jamal Abdullah, Abdulkarim Alrabie, Syed Shah

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 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
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wafa Faisal AldhafeeriDepartment of Neurosurgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fehid HabalrihDepartment of Neurosurgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ali Hamad Al OmarDepartment of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Atheer Abdulaziz AltamimiDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Marahib Saud AlshahraniDepartment of Neurosurgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Jamal AbdullahDepartment of Neurosurgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulkarim AlrabieDepartment of Neurosurgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Syed ShahDepartment of Neurosurgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital · SAImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SAPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Case Description: We report two cases from our neurosurgical unit complicated by postoperative cerebrospinal fluid infection caused by Conclusion: Our hypothesis is contaminated irrigation fluids might be a significant cause of post-operative meningitis and prolonged hospital stay.

Indexed as

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) infectionMeningitisRalstonia mannitolilytica

Identifiers

PMID36761260
PMCPMC9899445
OpenAlexW4313409718

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