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ArticleClinical case reports2024

Surgery and superficial x-ray radiotherapy for keloids of the preauricular and contralateral ear lobe: Case report.

Qin Tan, JinHui Xu, Wei Xu, Hao Lu

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qin TanDepartment of Dermatology Chongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Chongqing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6091-3997
JinHui XuDepartment of Dermatology Chongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Chongqing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7372-4438
Wei XuDepartment of Dermatology Chongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Chongqing China.
Hao LuDepartment of Dermatology Chongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Chongqing China.
First People's Hospital of Chongqing · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The combined approach of surgical resection along with superficial x-ray radiotherapy emerges as a superior treatment option for individuals with keloids, which hold huge potential for enhancing aesthetic outcomes and preventing keloid recurrence.

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case reportdermatologic surgerykeloidsuperficial x‐ray radiotherapysurgical excision

Identifiers

PMID38560287
PMCPMC10980782
OpenAlexW4393343810

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