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ArticlePediatric surgery international2019

The extent of pediatric orthopaedic research in low- and middle-income countries and the impact of academic collaboration on research quality: a scoping review.

John M Ibrahim, Max Liu, Hao-Hua Wu, Kushal R Patel, Amber M Caldwell, Ralph Richard Coughlin, Saam Morshed, David W Shearer

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Article in Pediatric surgery international, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

John M IbrahimDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of California, San Francisco, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA. john.ibrahim@ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0596-6042
Max LiuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94063, USA.
Hao-Hua WuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of California, San Francisco, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA.
Kushal R PatelDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Amber M CaldwellDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of California, San Francisco, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA.
Ralph Richard CoughlinDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of California, San Francisco, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA.
Saam MorshedDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of California, San Francisco, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA.
David W ShearerDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of California, San Francisco, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis review aims to (1) assess the breadth of pediatric orthopaedic research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and (2) determine the impact of academic collaboration (an LMIC and a non-LMIC investigator) in published LMIC research.

methodsPediatric orthopaedic clinical studies conducted in LMICs from 2004 to 2014 were extracted from Embase, Cochrane, and Pubmed databases. Of 22,714 searched studies, 129 met inclusion criteria.

results85% generated low-quality evidence (level IV or lower). 21% were collaborative, and these were more likely than non-collaborative papers to generate level III evidence or higher (25% vs 13%, p = 0.141). DISCUSSION: Pediatric orthopaedic research produced by LMICs rarely achieves level I-III evidence, but collaborative studies are associated with higher levels of evidence. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: N/A.

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Biomedical ResearchDeveloping CountriesChildHumansOrthopedicsPovertyAcademic collaborationGlobal surgeryLow- and middle-income countriesOrthopaedicsPediatricsScoping review

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PMID30413920

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