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ArticleArchives of plastic surgery2024

Safety and Effectiveness of Liposuction Modalities in Managing Lipedema: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Hatan Mortada, Sultan Alaqil, Imtinan Al Jabbar, Fatimah Alhubail, Nicolas Pereira, Joon Pio Hong, Feras Alshomer

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Article in Archives of plastic surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline 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

7 authors.

Hatan MortadaDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1283-4136
Sultan AlaqilCollege of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7548-4984
Imtinan Al JabbarCollege of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3698-8562
Fatimah AlhubailCollege of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0005-2043-648X
Nicolas PereiraSpecialized Center in Lymphedema and Lipedema, Clínica Nea, Hospital del Trabajador, Región Metropolitana, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-8859-8005
Joon Pio HongDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-6208-9704
Feras AlshomerDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health and Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9282-3845

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

lipedemalipoedemalipoplastyliposculptureliposuctionquality of lifesuction-assisted lipectomy

Identifiers

PMID39345998
PMCPMC11436335

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