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ArticleDer Orthopade2010

[Balloon kyphoplasty].

J Hillmeier

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Article in Der Orthopade, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Biomechanical in vitro comparison of radiofrequency kyphoplasty and balloon kyphoplasty.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2017
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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.

J HillmeierKlinik für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie, St. Vincenz-Krankenhaus Limburg, Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Giessen/Marburg, Auf dem Schafsberg, 65549, Limburg, Deutschland. j.hillmeier@st-vincenz.de
St. Vincenz-Krankenhaus Limburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kyphoplasty is a reliable, minimally invasive method to stabilize fractured vertebral bodies. Under economic aspects kyphoplasty seems advantageous compared with conservative treatment in patients with osteoporotic fractures as well as in younger persons after traumatic spine fractures. Both groups show a better outcome after kyphoplasty regarding pain, function and recovery of height of the treated vertebral body. Specifically young trauma patients benefit from this technique with short hospitalization and early return to work.

Indexed as

Bone CementsFractures, CompressionHumansPlacebo EffectSpinal FracturesTreatment OutcomeVertebroplastyBone Cements

Identifiers

PMID20523970
OpenAlexW3192059869

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Registered trials

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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.