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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2026

Association Between Cervical Drainage and Early Post-Thyroidectomy Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Michael Kostares, Evangelos Kostares, Maria Kakazani, Marina Karaiskou, Paul Stampouloglou, Maria Kantzanou, Spiridon Laskaris, Maria Piagkou

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Michael KostaresDepartment of Anatomy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 106 79 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2361-1050
Evangelos KostaresDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Evangelismos" General Hospital, 106 76 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1332-0479
Maria KakazaniDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, "Metaxa" Memorial Anticancer Hospital, 185 37 Piraeus, Greece.
Marina KaraiskouDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, "Metaxa" Memorial Anticancer Hospital, 185 37 Piraeus, Greece.
Paul StampouloglouDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, "Metaxa" Memorial Anticancer Hospital, 185 37 Piraeus, Greece.
Maria KantzanouDepartment of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4299-9882
Spiridon LaskarisDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, "Metaxa" Memorial Anticancer Hospital, 185 37 Piraeus, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9197-0085
Maria PiagkouDepartment of Anatomy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 106 79 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4831-8005

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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cervical drainagehematomalength of hospital staymeta-analysispostoperative complicationssurgical site infectionthyroidectomy

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PMID41976795
PMCPMC13074013

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