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SynthesisSao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina2013

Neuraxial anesthesia for orthopedic surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

Fabiano Timbó Barbosa, Aldemar Araújo Castro, Célio Fernando de Sousa-Rodrigues

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Synthesis in Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Extended Reality for Neuraxial Procedures: A Scoping Review.Journal of medical extended reality · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fabiano Timbó BarbosaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, MaceióAlagoas, Brazil.
Aldemar Araújo CastroDepartment of Surgery, Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, MaceióAlagoas, Brazil.
Célio Fernando de Sousa-RodriguesDepartment of Anatomy, Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, MaceióAlagoas, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas · BRUniversidade Federal de Alagoas · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CONTEXT AND

objectiveTaking the outcome of mortality into consideration, there is controversy about the beneficial effects of neuraxial anesthesia for orthopedic surgery. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness and safety of neuraxial anesthesia versus general anesthesia for orthopedic surgery. DESIGN AND

settingSystematic review at Universidade Federal de Alagoas.

methodsWe searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Issue 10, 2012), PubMed (1966 to November 2012), Lilacs (1982 to November 2012), SciELO, EMBASE (1974 to November 2012) and reference lists of the studies included. Only randomized controlled trials were included.

resultsOut of 5,032 titles and abstracts, 17 studies were included. There were no statistically significant differences in mortality (risk difference, RD: -0.01; 95% confidence interval, CI: -0.04 to 0.01; n = 1903), stroke (RD: 0.02; 95% CI: -0.04 to 0.08; n = 259), myocardial infarction (RD: -0.01; 95% CI: -0.04 to 0.02; n = 291), length of hospitalization (mean difference, -0.05; 95% CI: -0.69 to 0.58; n = 870), postoperative cognitive dysfunction (RD: 0.00; 95% CI: -0.04 to 0.05; n = 479) or pneumonia (odds ratio, 0.61; 95% CI: 0.25 to 1.49; n = 167).

conclusionSo far, the evidence available from the studies included is insufficient to prove that neuraxial anesthesia is more effective and safer than general anesthesia for orthopedic surgery. However, this systematic review does not rule out clinically important differences with regard to mortality, stroke, myocardial infarction, length of hospitalization, postoperative cognitive dysfunction or pneumonia.

Indexed as

Orthopedic ProceduresAnesthesia, EpiduralAnesthesia, GeneralAnesthesia, SpinalCognition DisordersFemaleHumansLength of StayMaleMyocardial InfarctionPneumoniaRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk AssessmentStroke

Identifiers

PMID24346781
PMCPMC10871823
OpenAlexW2018870883

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