Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22837056›Full record

ArticleDer Orthopade2012

[Role and limitations of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty in the management of spinal metastases].

M Akbar, M Eichler, S Hagmann, B Lehner, S Hemmer, C Kasperk, B Wiedenhöfer

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Article in Der Orthopade, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

M AkbarDepartment Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Paraplegiologie, Zentrum für Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, Stiftung Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Schlierbacher Landstr. 200a, 69118, Heidelberg, Deutschland. michael.akbar@med.uni-heidelberg.de
M Eichler
S Hagmann
B Lehner
S Hemmer
C Kasperk
B Wiedenhöfer
University Hospital Heidelberg · DEHeidelberg University · DEOrthopädische Universitätsklinik · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spine is the most common site for skeletal metastases. Tumor-induced osteolysis may lead to pain, dysfunction and ultimately vertebral fracture. In some patients conventional surgery is not suitable because of the palliative therapy approach. Just for this patient population it was shown that cement augmentation of the vertebra is an effective therapy option and plays an important role. Nevertheless, cement augmentation of the vertebra has its limitations and should only be applied by appropriate indications.

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HumansJoint InstabilityKyphoplastySpinal NeoplasmsVertebroplasty

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PMID22837056
OpenAlexW116441135

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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.