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ArticleCraniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction2015

Cranioplasty for large-sized calvarial defects in the pediatric population: a review.

Sandi Lam, Justin Kuether, Abigail Fong, Russell Reid

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Article in Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sandi LamDepartment of Neurosurgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Justin KuetherDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Abigail FongDivision of Plastic Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Russell ReidDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
University of Chicago · USTexas Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Re-Engineering Translational Research at the University of ChicagoUL1TR000430 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI SOLWAY, JULIAN · 2012 to 2016
$20.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000430
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Large-sized calvarial defects in pediatric patients pose a reconstructive challenge because of children's unique physiology, developing anatomy, and dynamic growth. We review the current literature and outcomes with autologous and alloplastic cranioplasty in the pediatric population.

Indexed as

calvarial defectcranioplastypediatricskull reconstruction

Identifiers

PMID26000090
PMCPMC4428737
OpenAlexW2326582708

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