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ReviewMusculoskeletal surgery2017

Imaging of post-surgical treatment and of related complications in spinal trauma.

F Caranci, G Leone, L Ugga, E Cesarano, R Capasso, S Schipani, A Bianco, P Fonio, F Briganti, L Brunese

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Review in Musculoskeletal surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. How to treat lumbar disc herniation in pregnancy? A systematic review on current standards.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

F CaranciDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Via F. De Sanctis 1, 86100, Campobasso, Italy. ferdinandocaranci@libero.it.
G LeoneNeuroradiology Unit, Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
L UggaNeuroradiology Unit, Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
E CesaranoRadiology Section, Health Service, Navy Command of Brindisi, Brindisi, Italy.
R CapassoDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Via F. De Sanctis 1, 86100, Campobasso, Italy.
S SchipaniDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Via F. De Sanctis 1, 86100, Campobasso, Italy.
A BiancoDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
P FonioRadiology Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy.
F BrigantiNeuroradiology Unit, Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
L BruneseDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Via F. De Sanctis 1, 86100, Campobasso, Italy.
University of Molise · ITFederico II University Hospital · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Turin · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal trauma is a devastating event with a high morbidity and mortality. The rationale of imaging is to diagnose the traumatic abnormalities and characterize the type of injury, to estimate the severity of the lesions, to evaluate the potential spinal instability. In case of spinal instability, the goals of operative treatment are decompression of the spinal cord canal and stabilization of the disrupted vertebral column. Particularly, diagnostic imaging, mainly by CT and MR, has a main role in the post-treatment evaluation. The neuroradiological evaluation of the postoperative spine requires a general knowledge of the surgical approach to each spinal region and of the normal temporal evolution of expected postoperative changes. The neuroradiologist should evaluate the devices implanted, their related complications and promptly alert the surgeon of acute complications, mainly vascular and infective. During the follow-up, it is mandatory to know and search chronic complications as pseudomeningocele, accelerated degenerative disease, arachnoiditis, peridural fibrosis. Knowledge of specific complications relating to each surgical approach will assist the neuroradiologist in interpretation of postoperative images.

Indexed as

Decompression, SurgicalMagnetic Resonance ImagingTomography, X-Ray ComputedFollow-Up StudiesHumansPredictive Value of TestsSensitivity and SpecificitySpinal FracturesSpinal InjuriesTreatment OutcomeCTMRIPostoperative spineSpinal instabilitySpinal stabilitySpinal trauma

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PMID28168635
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