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ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2024

Deep brain stimulation for Tourette's syndrome.

Shu Wang, Yuan Zhang, Minzhong Wang, Fangang Meng, Yali Liu, Jianguo Zhang

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Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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.

Shu WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100070, China.
Yuan ZhangNeonatal Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
Minzhong WangDepartment of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250021, Shandong Province, China.
Fangang MengDepartment of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100070, China.
Yali LiuCenter for Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-based Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
Jianguo ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100070, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the efficacy and harm of deep brain stimulation for motor symptoms, with psychiatric and behavioural comorbidities, either individually or in combination, in adults and adolescents with Tourette's syndrome compared to placebo, sham intervention, or the best available behavioural and pharmacological treatment.

Indexed as

Deep Brain StimulationRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTourette SyndromeAdolescentAdultHumans

Identifiers

PMID39136257
PMCPMC11320656

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