Empirical application of a multidimensional approach to capture a broader assessment of clinical benefits in a heterogenous spine population - author's reply.

Karlo M Pedro, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Michael G Fehlings

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Article in EBioMedicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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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

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No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

3 authors.

Karlo M PedroDivision of Neurosurgery & Spine Program, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Mohammed Ali AlviDivision of Neurosurgery & Spine Program, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Michael G FehlingsDivision of Neurosurgery & Spine Program, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Genetics & Development, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Neurosurgery, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: Michael.Fehlings@uhn.ca.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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SpineHumansSpinal Diseases

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PMID39332389

DOI10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105365

PMCPMC11466583

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