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ArticleNational journal of maxillofacial surgery

Low-level laser for the management of head-and-neck burn wounds.

Regina Maria Raffaele, Mario Eduardo Baldo, Luiz Felipe Palma, Luana Campos

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Article in National journal of maxillofacial surgery. 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 27% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Regina Maria RaffaeleDentistry Service of Charity Hospital of Campo Grande, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
Mario Eduardo BaldoGraduate Program in Health and Development in West Central Region, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
Luiz Felipe PalmaDepartment of Pathology, Federal University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Luana CamposGraduate Program in Implantology, University of Santo Amaro, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Universidade de Santo Amaro · BRUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul · BRUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Burn injuries are of serious concern worldwide not only because of the physical impact but also because of severe mental and emotional distress and reduced quality of life. The usual management comprises topical and systemic medications, and supportive care; however, conventional therapy may be expensive and insufficient for many cases. Thus, we describe herein a unique case in which a low-level laser was used concomitantly with the conventional approach for the management of head and neck burn wounds and could improve the patient's clinical condition within a short period.

Indexed as

Burnsexplosionslow-level light therapy

Identifiers

PMID38273913
PMCPMC10806313
OpenAlexW4388579515

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Registered trials

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