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ArticleSurgical neurology international2023

Case of lumbar spinal stenosis and chronic tophaceous gout.

Muhammad Yassar Jazaib Ali, Manzar Hussain

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Muhammad Yassar Jazaib AliDepartment of Neurosurgery, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Manzar HussainDepartment of Neurosurgery, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Neurological Surgery · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Rarely, chronic tophaceous gout can result in lumbar spinal stenosis and neural compression. Case Description: A 67-year-old male presented with the radiographic and magnetic resonance findings of gout involving and causing compression of the lumbar spine that responded to surgical decompression. Conclusion: It is difficult to diagnose lumbar spinal stenosis secondary to tophaceous gout. Notably, the treatment, based on the clinical presentation, may include both medication and surgical decompression.

Indexed as

Joint inflammationLumbar spinal stenosisMultidisciplinary approachTophaceous gouty arthritisTophiUrate crystals

Identifiers

PMID37680922
PMCPMC10481838
OpenAlexW4385982576

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