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SynthesisEuropean journal of medical research2023

Meningitis after elective intracranial surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence.

Rafał Chojak, Marta Koźba-Gosztyła, Magdalena Gaik, Marta Madej, Aleksandra Majerska, Oskar Soczyński, Bogdan Czapiga

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in European journal of medical research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Postoperative meningitis in pediatric posterior fossa tumors: risk stratification and the role of early CSF cytology.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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  4. Impact of dural opening on noninfectious postoperative fever in spinal surgery: a propensity-matched retrospective study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rafał ChojakFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Ludwika Pasteura 1, 50-367, Wrocław, Poland. rafalchojak@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7644-3444
Marta Koźba-GosztyłaDepartment of Neurosurgery, 4th Military Hospital in Wroclaw, Wrocław, Poland.
Magdalena GaikFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Ludwika Pasteura 1, 50-367, Wrocław, Poland.
Marta MadejFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Ludwika Pasteura 1, 50-367, Wrocław, Poland.
Aleksandra MajerskaFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Ludwika Pasteura 1, 50-367, Wrocław, Poland.
Oskar SoczyńskiFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Ludwika Pasteura 1, 50-367, Wrocław, Poland.
Bogdan CzapigaDepartment of Neurosurgery, 4th Military Hospital in Wroclaw, Wrocław, Poland.
Wroclaw Medical University · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meningitis is a potential complication of elective intracranial surgery (EIS). The prevalence of meningitis after EIS varies greatly in the literature. The objective of this study was to estimate the overall pooled prevalence of meningitis following EIS. Four databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase) were searched to identify relevant studies. Meta-analyses of proportions were used to combine data. Cochran's Q and I

Indexed as

Meningitis, BacterialElective Surgical ProceduresHumansPrevalenceAneurysm clippingAseptic meningitisBacterial meningitisCraniotomyElective intracranial surgeryIntracranial proceduresMicrovascular decompressionPrevalenceTumor resection

Identifiers

PMID37291583
PMCPMC10249328
OpenAlexW4379966416

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Registered trials

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