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ReviewScanning2018

Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys Developed as Bone Repair Materials: A Review.

Chen Liu, Zheng Ren, Yongdong Xu, Song Pang, Xinbing Zhao, Ying Zhao

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Review in Scanning, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
70citing papers in PubMed
10.6field-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

70 citing papers in PubMed, 235 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chen LiuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Zheng RenNingbo Branch of China Academy of Ordnance Science, Ningbo, China.
Yongdong XuNingbo Branch of China Academy of Ordnance Science, Ningbo, China.
Song PangNingbo Branch of China Academy of Ordnance Science, Ningbo, China.
Xinbing ZhaoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Ying ZhaoShenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2698-8171
Zhejiang University · CNShenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone repair materials are rapidly becoming a hot topic in the field of biomedical materials due to being an important means of repairing human bony deficiencies and replacing hard tissue. Magnesium (Mg) alloys are potentially biocompatible, osteoconductive, and biodegradable metallic materials that can be used in bone repair due to their in situ degradation in the body, mechanical properties similar to those of bones, and ability to positively stimulate the formation of new bones. However, rapid degradation of these materials in physiological environments may lead to gas cavities, hemolysis, and osteolysis and thus, hinder their clinical orthopedic applications. This paper reviews recent work on the use of Mg alloy implants in bone repair. Research to date on alloy design, surface modification, and biological performance of Mg alloys is comprehensively summarized. Future challenges for and developments in biomedical Mg alloys for use in bone repair are also discussed.

Indexed as

Absorbable ImplantsAlloysBone SubstitutesMagnesium CompoundsBone DiseasesHumansOsteogenesisAlloysBone SubstitutesMagnesium Compounds

Identifiers

PMID29725492
PMCPMC5872617
OpenAlexW2789733505

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