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ReviewHand clinics2016

Measuring Functional and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Treatment of Mutilating Hand Injuries: A Global Health Approach.

Aviram M Giladi, Kavitha Ranganathan, Kevin C Chung

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Review in Hand clinics, 2016. 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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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Aviram M GiladiSection of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, 2130 Taubman Center, SPC 5340, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: aviram@med.umich.edu.
Kavitha RanganathanSection of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, 2130 Taubman Center, SPC 5340, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Kevin C ChungSection of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, 2130 Taubman Center, SPC 5340, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

Funding

Evidence-Based Research in Hand SurgeryK24AR053120 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHUNG, KEVIN C · 2008 to 2018
$1.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS K24 AR053120
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the global burden of trauma, particularly upper extremity trauma, is necessary in addressing the need for surgical services. Critical to that mission is to understand, and accurately measure, disability and related disability-adjusted life-years from massive upper extremity trauma. The impact of these injuries is magnified when considering that they frequently occur to young people in prime working years. This article discusses these social and medical system issues and reviews components of a comprehensive approach to measuring outcomes after these injuries. Patient-reported outcomes are highlighted. Methods of optimizing outcomes measurements and studies, disability assessments, and associated research are also discussed.

Indexed as

Patient Reported Outcome MeasuresAge FactorsDisability EvaluationGlobal HealthHand InjuriesHumansQuality-Adjusted Life YearsDALYGlobal healthImpairment and disabilityMutilating upper extremity traumaPatient-reported outcomes

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PMID27712748
PMCPMC5061136

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