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ArticleHand (New York, N.Y.)2018

Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound for Nonoperative Treatment of Scaphoid Nonunions: A Meta-Analysis.

Edward W Seger, Julio J Jauregui, Steven A Horton, Gerardo Davalos, Erika Kuehn, Michael A Stracher

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Article in Hand (New York, N.Y.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The outcome of bone graft surgery for nonunion of fractures of the scaphoid.The Journal of hand surgery, European volume · 2019
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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Edward W SegerSUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Julio J JaureguiUniversity of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, USA.
Steven A HortonUniversity of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, USA.
Gerardo DavalosUniversidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
Erika KuehnSUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Michael A StracherSUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University · USUniversidad Internacional del Ecuador · ECUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USUniversity of Maryland Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

handLIPUSnonoperativenonunionscaphoid

Identifiers

PMID28391752
PMCPMC5987977
OpenAlexW2604133840

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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