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SynthesisMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2023

Comparative Efficacy of Velopharyngeal Surgery Techniques for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review.

Ana Maria Vlad, Cristian Dragos Stefanescu, Iemima Stefan, Viorel Zainea, Razvan Hainarosie

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Synthesis in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Intracapsular tonsillectomy in adults with obstructive sleep apnoea and large tonsils.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ana Maria Vlad"Prof. Dr. Dorin Hociota" Institute of Phonoaudiology and Functional ENT Surgery, 21st Mihail Cioranu Street, 061344 Bucharest, Romania.
Cristian Dragos Stefanescu"Prof. Dr. Dorin Hociota" Institute of Phonoaudiology and Functional ENT Surgery, 21st Mihail Cioranu Street, 061344 Bucharest, Romania.
Iemima StefanENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 030167 Bucharest, Romania.
Viorel Zainea"Prof. Dr. Dorin Hociota" Institute of Phonoaudiology and Functional ENT Surgery, 21st Mihail Cioranu Street, 061344 Bucharest, Romania.
Razvan Hainarosie"Prof. Dr. Dorin Hociota" Institute of Phonoaudiology and Functional ENT Surgery, 21st Mihail Cioranu Street, 061344 Bucharest, Romania.
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROMinistry of Youth and Sports · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Sleep Apnea, ObstructiveSleep Apnea SyndromesAdultHumansPharynxPolysomnographyProspective StudiesTreatment Outcomebarbed reposition pharyngoplastyexpansion sphincter pharyngoplastyobstructive sleep apneapalatopharyngeal surgeryuvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Identifiers

PMID37374351
PMCPMC10305140
OpenAlexW4380837064

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