ArticleBone & joint research2016
To operate or not to operate, that is the question: The proximal humerus fracture.
Article in Bone & joint research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled 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.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Immediate reverse shoulder arthroplasty demonstrates better outcomes than salvage reverse shoulder arthroplasty for proximal humerus fractures in the elderly: a meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Pooled it
- Quality assessment of prospective cohort and randomized controlled trials evaluating surgical treatment of proximal humerus fractures: a systematic review.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025Pooled it
- Non-operative versus reverse shoulder arthroplasty for the treatment of 3- or 4-part proximal humeral fractures: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Review
- Assessing the ability of an instrumental variable causal forest algorithm to personalize treatment evidence using observational data: the case of early surgery for shoulder fracture.BMC medical research methodology · 2022Article
- Quotation errors related to the Proximal Fracture of the Humerus Evaluation by Randomization (ProFHER) study.Shoulder & elbow · 2021Article
- Indications and results of osteosynthesis for proximal humerus fragility fractures in elderly patients.Orthopedic reviews · 2020Article
- Primary Versus Salvage Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for Displaced Proximal Humerus Fractures in the Elderly: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of shoulder and elbow arthroplasty · 2020Review
- Geographic variation in the treatment of proximal humerus fracture: an update on surgery rates and treatment consensus.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2019Article
- Surgical trial design - learning curve and surgeon volume: Determining whether inferior results are due to the procedure itself, or delivery of the procedure by the surgeon.Bone & joint research · 2017Article
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