Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38907269›Full record

ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2024

Surgical management of anterior mediastinal tumors of thyroid origin: a comprehensive analysis of approaches, techniques, and outcomes.

Georgi Yankov, Magdalena Alexieva, Yordanka Yamakova, Dimitar Kyuchukov, Evgeni Mekov

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
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

5 authors.

Georgi YankovDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, Medical University - Sofia, UMHAT 'St. Ivan Rilski'15, 'Acad. Ivan Geshov' Blvd, 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Magdalena AlexievaDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, Medical University - Sofia, UMHAT 'St. Ivan Rilski'15, 'Acad. Ivan Geshov' Blvd, 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Yordanka YamakovaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University - Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Dimitar KyuchukovCardiovascular Surgery Department, Medical University - Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Evgeni MekovDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, Medical University - Sofia, UMHAT 'St. Ivan Rilski'15, 'Acad. Ivan Geshov' Blvd, 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria. evgeni.mekov@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis manuscript aims to describe the symptoms, demographics, surgical approaches and techniques, the volume of surgical interventions, histological results, intra- and postoperative complications, and postoperative results in patients with anterior mediastinal tumors of thyroid origin (AMTTO).

methodsTwenty patients with AMTTO were operated between 2017 and 2021. Fifteen were women and 5 were men. The mean age was 66.8 years.

resultsThe most common histology was nodular micro- and macrofollicular goiter (15/20, 75%). Kocher cervicotomy (65%) was the preferred approach. Total thyroidectomy was performed in 95% of patients. Intraoperative complications were identified in 25% (5/20), and in 2 patients a tracheostomy was required. Early postoperative complications were established in 65% and the most common was unilateral transient recurrent nerve paresis or paralysis and dysphonia (25%).

conclusionsCommonly resection of AMTTO is a challenge due to its complexities associated with high-risk cases, emphasizing the need for experienced centers in managing such cases.

Indexed as

Mediastinal NeoplasmsThyroidectomyThyroid NeoplasmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansIntraoperative ComplicationsMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesThyroid GlandTreatment OutcomeAnterior mediastinal thyroid tumorsApproachesComplicationsHistologySurgical treatment

Identifiers

PMID38907269
PMCPMC11191202

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.