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Hui Shen, Amelia Palacios, Sofia Deek, Tomas C Hastings, Aarna Veera, Andy Wu, Guang Yang, Xiangyi Cheng

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited 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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

8 authors.

Hui ShenDr. Carl D. Clay and H. Jane Clay Department of Mechanical Engineering, The T.J. Smull College of Engineering, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, United States.

Amelia PalaciosDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

Sofia DeekDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

Tomas C HastingsDr. Carl D. Clay and H. Jane Clay Department of Mechanical Engineering, The T.J. Smull College of Engineering, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, United States.

Aarna VeeraDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

Andy WuPoolesville High School, Poolesville, MD, United States.

Guang YangDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.

Xiangyi ChengDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a strong need to quantify skin mechanical properties for flap design in plastic surgery, such as syndactyly reconstruction. Quantitative measurement of skin mechanical properties enables more accurate surgical planning, thereby improving surgical outcomes and reducing complications. Although a large number of methods and devices have been proposed, nearly none of them have been applied in surgical practice. We therefore conducted a comprehensive narrative review of the literature published from 1969 to the present on

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flap designin vivo assessmentplastic surgeryreviewskin mechanical properties

Identifiers

PMID42769621

DOI10.3389/fbioe.2026.1937829

PMCPMC13591071

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