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ReviewDer Orthopade2008

[Pain therapy for the lower extremities].

C J P Simanski

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Review in Der Orthopade, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

C J P SimanskiKlinik für Unfallchirurgie, Orthopädie und Sporttraumatologie Köln-Merheim, Lehrstuhl für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie der Universität Witten-Herdecke, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, 51109, Köln, Deutschland. Christian.Simanski@uni-koeln.de
Lungenklinik Köln-Merheim · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pain therapy after surgical procedures of the lower extremity is an important goal, whereas insufficient analgesia leads to an essential reduction of the patient's mobility and convalescence. If possible, regional anaesthetic and intrathecal procedures for pre-, intra- and postoperative analgesia should be used. Systemic analgesics should not be used preoperatively, whereas non-opioids and opioids are recommended postoperatively. Surgical options that adequately reduce pain are intra-articular injection of local anaesthetics alone or in combination with opioids and cooling and physiotherapeutic treatment regimens after joint procedures. There is no scientific rationale as an argument for inserting drains. The surgical approach depends more on the individual patient's anatomical characteristics. Whereas the regional analgesic regimen is more effective than systemic therapy, sufficient tools for pain reduction during surgical procedures of the lower extremity are at the orthopaedic surgeon's disposal, too.

Indexed as

ArthroscopyAnalgesiaAnesthetics, LocalCombined Modality TherapyHumansInjections, Intra-ArticularKnee JointLegPhysical Therapy ModalitiesPostoperative PainPractice Guidelines as TopicAnesthetics, Local

Identifiers

PMID18726087
OpenAlexW2075747889

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