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ArticleLasers in medical science2023

Fractional carbon dioxide laser combined with subcision for the treatment of three subtypes of atrophic acne scars: a retrospective analysis.

Xiangying Li, Huiping Fan, Yan Wang, Chao Sun, Xi Yang, Xiaoli Ma, Jing Jiao

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Article in Lasers in medical science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-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

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

  1. Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Fractional COSkin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. An Overview of the Mechanisms of Fractional COLasers in medical science · 2026
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Clinical efficacy of the fractional ablative COLasers in medical science · 2025
    Article
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiangying LiDepartment of Dermatology, Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Huiping FanDepartment of Dermatology, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.
Yan WangDepartment of Dermatology, Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Chao SunDepartment of Dermatology, Jinan Central Hospital, 105 Jiefang Street, Jinan, 250013, China.
Xi YangDepartment of Dermatology, Jinan Central Hospital, 105 Jiefang Street, Jinan, 250013, China.
Xiaoli MaResearch Center of Basic Medicine, Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Jing JiaoDepartment of Dermatology, Jinan Central Hospital, 105 Jiefang Street, Jinan, 250013, China. jj3286@zxyy.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5504-0793
Jinan Central Hospital · CNShandong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fractional carbon dioxide (CO

Indexed as

Acne VulgarisLasers, GasAtrophyCarbon DioxideCicatrixHumansRetrospective StudiesCarbon DioxideAcne scarsBoxcar-type scarsFractional CO2 laserIcepick-type scarsRolling-type scarsSubcision

Identifiers

PMID37639055
OpenAlexW4386209555

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Registered trials

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