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ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2018

Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears: a clinical practice guideline.

Reed A C Siemieniuk, Ian A Harris, Thomas Agoritsas, Rudolf W Poolman, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Stijn Van de Velde, Rachelle Buchbinder, Martin Englund, Lyubov Lytvyn, Casey Quinlan and 8 more

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Article in British journal of sports medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
14.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. [Mid-term effectiveness of arthroscopy and conservative treatment for symptomatic discoid lateral meniscus in middle-aged and elderly patients].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2023
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  12. The orthopaedic community does not oppose the non-surgical treatment of degenerative meniscal lesions.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021
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  15. Trends in knee arthroscopy utilization: a gap in knowledge translation.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020
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  16. Identification of Pivotal Genes and Pathways in Osteoarthritic Degenerative Meniscal Lesions via Bioinformatics Analysis of the GSE52042 Dataset.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 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

18 authors at 14 institutions in 9 countries.

Reed A C SiemieniukDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Ian A HarrisWhitlam Orthopaedic Research Centre, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, Australia.
Thomas AgoritsasDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Rudolf W PoolmanDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Research, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Romina Brignardello-PetersenDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Stijn Van de VeldeNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway.
Rachelle BuchbinderDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Martin EnglundClinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopaedics, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Lyubov LytvynOslo University Hospital, Olso, Norway.
Casey QuinlanRichmond, Virginia, USA.
Lise HelsingenClinical Effectiveness Research Group, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Gunnar KnutsenUniversity Hospital North Norway, Tromso, Norway.
Nina Rydland OlsenDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Radiography, Faculty of Health and Social sciences, Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway.
Helen MacdonaldBMJ Editorial, BMA House, London, UK.
Louise HaileyNuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
Hazel M WilsonLondon, Ontario, Canada.
Anne LydiattIngersoll, Ontario, Canada.
Annette KristiansenDepartment of Health and Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
McMaster University · CACabrini Hospital · AUInnlandet Hospital Trust · NOJoint Research Centre · NLLund University · SENorwegian Institute of Public Health · NOOslo University Hospital · NOSouth Western Sydney Local Health District · AUUniversity Hospital of North Norway · NOUniversity of Bergen · NOUniversity of Oslo · NOUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity of Richmond · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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exercise rehabilitationknee

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PMID29449218
PMCPMC5867409
OpenAlexW3020981546

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