Inaccuracies and useless debats associated with the use of secondary references

Mudry, Albert; Ruben, Robert J.; Pirsig, W

doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2011000200028

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

2011

DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2011000200028

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Inaccuracies and useless debats associated with the use of secondary references

Albert Mudry

Robert J. Ruben²,

W Pirsig³

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“…The risk of inaccuracy is very high when using and compiling secondary references without verifying the primary references mentioned. [3][4][5] The following text shows two examples extracted from this paper that support this supposition.…”

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Surgical treatment of head and neck cancers in the ancient world

Mudry

2016

J. Laryngol. Otol.

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Surgical treatment of head and neck cancers in the ancient world

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2016

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History of Mastoidectomy: PubMed, Best Matches, Secondary References, and Inaccuracies

Mudry

2020

Otology &Amp; Neurotology

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Objective: PubMed is the world's largest online collection of biomedical literature citations. A PubMed search (October 11, 2019) using the medical subject heading terms “history” and “mastoidectomy” was conducted. The heading “best matches” listed as first article “A brief history of mastoidectomy,” a very relevant free full text. The aim of this study is to validate or not the relevance attributed to this study as the first article listed in best matches. Methodology: All the references of the article mentioned before 1860 were checked, further completed with other original sources, and studied again, with particular attention to their extracted quotes. Results: Surprisingly, this article contains many inaccuracies, notably concerning Galen, Lucas van Leyden, Paré, Riolan the Younger, Justus von Berger, Jasser, Dezeimeris, Wilde and Toynbee. This was most certainly related to blind trust of some secondary references. Conclusion: Never trust secondary references. This article also raises questions on the validity and the relevance of the best matches algorithm in PubMed.

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Inaccuracies and useless debats associated with the use of secondary references

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Surgical treatment of head and neck cancers in the ancient world

Surgical treatment of head and neck cancers in the ancient world

History of Mastoidectomy: PubMed, Best Matches, Secondary References, and Inaccuracies

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