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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2024

How Reliable Is Breast Volume Assessment When the Patient Is Lying Flat?-Volumetric Assessment of Breast Volume Using a Vectra H2 Handheld Device in Different Positions.

Aljosa Macek, Sebastian Leitsch, Konstantin Christoph Koban, Julius Michael Mayer, Rafael Loucas, Thomas Holzbach

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Preoperative 3-dimensional Simulation in Aesthetic Surgery.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Aljosa MacekDepartment of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Thurgau Hospital Group, 8500 Frauenfeld, Switzerland.
Sebastian LeitschDepartment of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Thurgau Hospital Group, 8500 Frauenfeld, Switzerland.
Konstantin Christoph KobanDivision of Hand, Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital LMU Munich, 80339 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0387-0821
Julius Michael MayerDepartment of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9379-7869
Rafael LoucasDepartment of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Thurgau Hospital Group, 8500 Frauenfeld, Switzerland.
Thomas HolzbachDepartment of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Thurgau Hospital Group, 8500 Frauenfeld, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2324-9813
Spital Thurgau (Switzerland) · CHLMU Klinikum · DEUniversity Hospital of Bern · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

3-D volumetric assessmentbreast operationbreast volumebreast volumetryVectraVectra H2 handheld device

Identifiers

PMID38337404
PMCPMC10856139
OpenAlexW4391231472

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