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ReviewPlastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.)2025

A Systematic Review of the Reporting Quality of Qualitative Research in Breast Plastic Surgery.

Caroline Hircock, Cameron F Leveille, Jeffrey Chen, Xue-Wei Lin, Rafael P Lansang, Patrick J Kim, Peter W Huan, Lucas Gallo, Achilles Thoma

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Review in Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers 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

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. Review
  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

9 authors.

Caroline HircockDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Cameron F LeveilleDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Jeffrey ChenDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9677-3600
Xue-Wei LinSchulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Rafael P LansangDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Patrick J KimDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Peter W HuanDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Lucas GalloDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5152-9471
Achilles ThomaDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8348-2863

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

breast plastic surgeryqualitative researchreporting qualitysystematic review

Identifiers

PMID39876844
PMCPMC11770735

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