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ArticleJournal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base2023

Fat in the Fossa and the Sphenoid Sinus: A Simple and Effective Solution to CSF Leaks in Transsphenoidal Surgery. Cohort Study and Systematic Review.

Asfand Baig Mirza, Timothy Boardman, Mohamed Okasha, Hazem Mohamed El-Hariri, Qusai Al Banna, Christoforos Syrris, Kaumal Baig Mirza, Amisha Vastani, Ravindran Visagan, Jonathan Shapey and 3 more

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Article in Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Skull Base Reconstruction Following Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery: A Global Survey.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2026
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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

13 authors.

Asfand Baig MirzaDepartment of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4177-9615
Timothy BoardmanGKT School of Medical Education, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Mohamed OkashaDepartment of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Hazem Mohamed El-HaririCommunity Medicine Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Qusai Al BannaDepartment of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Christoforos SyrrisDepartment of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Kaumal Baig MirzaDepartment of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Amisha VastaniDepartment of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Ravindran VisaganDepartment of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2771-6434
Jonathan ShapeyDepartment of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Eleni MaratosDepartment of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Sinan BaraziDepartment of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Nick ThomasDepartment of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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CSF leakendoscopicfat graftrepairsellartranssphenoidal

Identifiers

PMID36895808
PMCPMC9991530

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