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ArticleOchsner journal2023

Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation for Intercostal Neuralgia.

Kenneth J Fiala, Joshua M Martens, Mitchell K Keith, Adam Ghouse, Alaa Abd-Elsayed

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Article in Ochsner journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Ultrasound-guided intercostal block for the management of intercostal neuralgia in pregnant women: Case series and review of the literature.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kenneth J FialaUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Joshua M MartensUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Mitchell K KeithUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Adam GhouseUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Alaa Abd-ElsayedDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USWisconsin Division of Public Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Chronic painintercostal nervesneuralgiaradiofrequency ablationradiofrequency therapy

Identifiers

PMID37323517
PMCPMC10262949
OpenAlexW4319946824

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Registered trials

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