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ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2025

Reply to the Letter to the Editor of M. Zhang, et al. concerning "Surgical strategies and outcomes in degenerative myelopathy at the cervico-thoracic junction: a multicenter retrospective analysis" by Umana GE, et al. (Eur Spine J [2025]: doi:10.1007/s00586-025-09139-7).

Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana, Gianluca Scalia, Luca Ricciardi, Giorgio Lofrese, Lorenzo Mongardi, Nicola Montemurro, Francesco Acerbi, Lidia Strigari, Miguel Ruiz Cardozo, Gabriele Capo and 3 more

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Article in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing 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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Letter to the Editor concerning "Surgical strategies and outcomes in degenerative myelopathy at the cervico-thoracic junction: a multicenter retrospective analysis" by Umana GE, et al. (Eur Spine J [2025]: doi:10.1007/s00586-025-09139-7).European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025
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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

13 authors.

Giuseppe Emmanuele UmanaDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Kore University of Enna, Enna, 94100, Italy.
Gianluca ScaliaDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Kore University of Enna, Enna, 94100, Italy. gianluca.scalia@outlook.it.
Luca RicciardiNeurosurgery Unit, Department of NESMOS, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Giorgio LofreseNeurosurgery Division, "M. Bufalini" Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
Lorenzo MongardiNeurosurgery Division, "M. Bufalini" Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
Nicola MontemurroDepartment of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana (AOUP), Pisa, Italy.
Francesco AcerbiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana (AOUP), Pisa, Italy.
Lidia StrigariDepartment of Medical Physics, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, 40138, Italy.
Miguel Ruiz CardozoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Gabriele CapoDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, Milan, 20089, Italy.
Ali BaramDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, Milan, 20089, Italy.
Maurizio FornariDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, Milan, 20089, Italy.
Camilo MolinaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID40906266

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