Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23070351›Full record

ReviewClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2012

Therapeutic approaches for spinal cord injury.

Alexandre Fogaça Cristante, Tarcísio Eloy Pessoa de Barros Filho, Raphael Martus Marcon, Olavo Biraghi Letaif, Ivan Dias da Rocha

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Effect of melatonin loaded chitosan hydrogel on rat spinal cord injury.Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2025
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  9. Unveiling the effects ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2025
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  11. Innovative Strategies in 3D Bioprinting for Spinal Cord Injury Repair.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  16. Molecular approaches for spinal cord injury treatment.Neural regeneration research · 2023
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  17. Clinical characteristics and treatment of spinal cord injury in children and adolescents.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2023
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  18. Lenalidomide improves HExperimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022
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  20. Identification and coregulation pattern analysis of long noncoding RNAs following subacute spinal cord injury.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2022
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexandre Fogaça CristanteHospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia (IOT), Grupo de Coluna, São Paulo/SP, Brazil.
Tarcísio Eloy Pessoa de Barros Filho
Raphael Martus Marcon
Olavo Biraghi Letaif
Ivan Dias da Rocha
Universidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study reviews the literature concerning possible therapeutic approaches for spinal cord injury. Spinal cord injury is a disabling and irreversible condition that has high economic and social costs. There are both primary and secondary mechanisms of damage to the spinal cord. The primary lesion is the mechanical injury itself. The secondary lesion results from one or more biochemical and cellular processes that are triggered by the primary lesion. The frustration of health professionals in treating a severe spinal cord injury was described in 1700 BC in an Egyptian surgical papyrus that was translated by Edwin Smith; the papyrus reported spinal fractures as a "disease that should not be treated." Over the last biological or pharmacological treatment method. Science is unraveling the mechanisms of cell protection and neuroregeneration, but clinically, we only provide supportive care for patients with spinal cord injuries. By combining these treatments, researchers attempt to enhance the functional recovery of patients with spinal cord injuries. Advances in the last decade have allowed us to encourage the development of experimental studies in the field of spinal cord regeneration. The combination of several therapeutic strategies should, at minimum, allow for partial functional recoveries for these patients, which could improve their quality of life.

Indexed as

Adrenal Cortex HormonesCell TransplantationCentral Nervous SystemHumansRecovery of FunctionSpinal Cord InjuriesSpinal Cord RegenerationAdrenal Cortex Hormones

Identifiers

PMID23070351
PMCPMC3460027
OpenAlexW2079479424

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Registered trials

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