ArticleFrontiers in surgery2026
Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy vs. open surgical ligation for incompetent perforator veins: a retrospective cohort study.
Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy (UGFS) vs. open ligation for treating incompetent perforator veins (IPVs) and to identify independent risk factors for IPV recanalization following UGFS. Methods: Clinical data from 97 patients with IPVs treated at Baoji People's Hospital between February 2019 and February 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were categorized into the UGFS group (Group A, Results: Group A had significantly shorter operative time (56.27 ± 9.70 vs. 68.60 ± 9.41 min, Conclusion: UGFS demonstrated a favorable safety and efficacy profile, supporting its role as a viable minimally invasive alternative. Treatment strategies should be individualized based on patient-specific characteristics, such as vein diameter and BMI.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.