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ReviewZeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie2016

[Spinal fractures].

Roland Biber, S Wicklein, H J Bail

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Review in Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-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

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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Roland BiberUniversitätsklinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Klinikum Nürnberg Süd, Breslauer Str. 201, 90471, Nürnberg, Deutschland. biber@klinikum-nuernberg.de.
S WickleinUniversitätsklinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Klinikum Nürnberg Süd, Breslauer Str. 201, 90471, Nürnberg, Deutschland.
H J BailUniversitätsklinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Klinikum Nürnberg Süd, Breslauer Str. 201, 90471, Nürnberg, Deutschland.
Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität · DENuremberg Hospital · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporotic spinal fractures are typical age-related fragility fractures. Their impact on the quality of life is often underestimated; therefore, anti-osteoporotic drug treatment according to the current guidelines is essential. Occult vertebral fractures may be difficult to detect and a differentiation between fresh and old fractures is often only possible with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to reveal cancellous bone edema. Treatment recommendations are predominantly based on traumatic fractures in younger adults and are thus not applicable in orthogeriatrics. A new classification currently under validation and presented in this article was developed in order to aid decision-making for operative interventions. Minimally invasive treatment options include vertebroplasty, kyphopasty and internal fixation. The application of cement provides additional stability but can be accompanied by cement-specific complications, such as extravasation and embolism.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFracture Fixation, InternalGeriatric AssessmentHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresOsteoporotic FracturesSpinal FracturesVertebroplastyAugmentationClassificationKyphoplastyOsteoporosisTrauma

Identifiers

PMID26790876
OpenAlexW3190109928

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Registered trials

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