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SynthesisInternational wound journal2023

Diabetic foot wound ulcer management by laser therapy: A meta-analysis.

He Liu, Xia Ya-Qing, Yang Cai-Feng, He Jia-Li, Tang Xian-Yu

RetractedOpen access · goldAbstract readMeta-AnalysisRetracted Publication
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Synthesis in International wound journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

He LiuDepartment of Endocrinology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Xia Ya-QingDepartment of Endocrinology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Yang Cai-FengDepartment of Endocrinology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
He Jia-LiDepartment of Endocrinology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Tang Xian-YuDepartment of Endocrinology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1254-0028
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A meta-analysis examination was implemented to review diabetic foot wound ulcer (DFWU) management by laser therapy (LT). A broad literature examination until May 2023 was done and 1357 interconnected examinations were revised. The 26 elected examinations, enclosed 1067 personals with DFWU were in the utilized examinations 'starting point, 540 of them were utilizing LT, and 527 were utilizing control. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were utilized to appraise the DFWUs management by LT by the dichotomous and continuous approach and a fixed or random model. LT had significantly higher ulcer size decreases (MD, 17.04; 95% CI, 12.48-21.59, p < 0.001) with high heterogeneity (I

Indexed as

Diabetes MellitusDiabetic FootLaser TherapyHumansUlcerWound Healingcomplete healing ratediabetic foot wound ulcerlaser therapyulcer size decrease as exposed

Identifiers

PMID37596719
PMCPMC10681457
OpenAlexW4385997188

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