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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2018

Heterotopic ossification following use of i-Factor for spinal fusion in Mucopolysaccharidosis 1: a case report.

Neil Oxborrow, Rajkumar Sundarapandian

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 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
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Bioactive glass-ceramic spacer alone versus spacer augmented with ABM/P-15 in single-level ACDF: a retrospective cohort study comparison of fusion rates and clinical outcomes.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 · 2026
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  2. Occurrence of ectopic ossification around the surgical site after using of ABM/P-15 in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.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 · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Neil OxborrowRoyal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK.
Rajkumar SundarapandianRoyal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK.
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucopolysaccharidosis is a rare group of genetic disorder which results in a complex of anomalies involving various systems. In Mucopolysaccharidosis 1 progressive thoracolumbar kyphosis is a common presentation which can result in instability and neurological deficit. Posterior spinal surgery is performed to correct deformity and obtain spinal fusion. Peptide enhanced bone graft substitute (i-Factor

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PMID29977512
PMCPMC6007486
OpenAlexW2806590244

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