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ArticleEFORT open reviews2017

Development of a German fracture register to assess current fracture care and improve treatment quality: A feasibility study.

Marc Beirer, Chlodwig Kirchhoff, Peter Biberthaler

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Article in EFORT open reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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.

Marc BeirerDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Chlodwig KirchhoffDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Peter BiberthalerDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Technical University of Munich · DEKlinikum rechts der Isar · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Continuous evaluation of current treatment methods is crucial in orthopaedic trauma surgery.Existing fracture registries substantially contribute to improving fracture care and quality of life in trauma patients.Currently there is no universal German fracture register recording the patient-centred outcome of non-surgical as well as surgical fracture treatment in all anatomical regions.Conclusions regarding nationwide fracture treatment and quality of care are only significant to a limited extent. Cite this article:

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evidencefractureGerman fracture registerpatient-centredtreatment quality

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PMID29387469
PMCPMC5765987
OpenAlexW2774281174

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