Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19756433›Full record

ReviewDer Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen2009

[Postoperative complications in trauma surgery].

C Josten, C Schmidt

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Review in Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. [Complication management in implant dislocation].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2015
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. [Infections in trauma and orthopedic surgery].Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie · 2013
    Article
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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

C JostenChirurgische Klinik I, Klinik für Unfall-, Wiederherstellungs- und Plastische Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum, Leipzig. josten@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
C Schmidt
Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie Wien · ATUniversity Hospital Leipzig · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the literature it has been unanimously reported that here is a heavy burden on operative disciplines due to the occurrence of complications and the commonly resulting accusation of an error in treatment. Most of these accusations affect the discipline of surgery and in the main aspects trauma surgery is disproportionally represented. This substantial burden and high rate of accusations against trauma surgery arises from the high transparency as complications in trauma surgery are visualizable. Dealing with complications is therefore an elementary function of trauma surgeons. The analysis of postoperative complications shows clearly that in most cases they do not only result from the postoperative course. The causes of postoperative complications in many cases are more likely to have already begun in the pre-operative and peri-operative phases. Pre-existing diseases and risk factors as well as operation planning and establishing indication status are in many cases the pre-operative and intra-operative origins of postoperative complications. In the present article the authors attempt to address the issues of new aspects of complications and therefore the quality management of trauma surgery, without making claim to completeness.

Indexed as

Arthroplasty, ReplacementClinical CompetenceComplex Regional Pain SyndromesCross-Sectional StudiesFracture Fixation, InternalHealth Status IndicatorsHumansPostoperative ComplicationsPostoperative PainPreoperative CareReoperationRisk FactorsTotal Quality ManagementWounds and Injuries

Identifiers

PMID19756433
OpenAlexW1605929926

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Registered trials

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