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ArticleHand (New York, N.Y.)2021

Prospective Analysis of Hand Infection Rates in Elective Soft Tissue Procedures of the Hand: The Role of Preoperative Antibiotics.

Henrik C Bäcker, Christina E Freibott, Danielle Wilbur, Peter Tang, Richard Barth, Robert J Strauch, Melvin P Rosenwasser, Robert Neviaser

Open access · bronzeAbstract readMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Article in Hand (New York, N.Y.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Antibiotics in Hand Surgery: Guidelines and Review.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2026
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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Henrik C BäckerNewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4265-477X
Christina E FreibottNewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA.
Danielle WilburThe George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
Peter TangNewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA.
Richard BarthThe George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
Robert J StrauchNewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA.
Melvin P RosenwasserNewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA.
Robert NeviaserThe George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · USGeorge Washington University Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsHandAntibiotic ProphylaxisElective Surgical ProceduresHumansMiddle AgedSurgical Wound InfectionAnti-Bacterial Agentsanatomyantibioticscomplicationdiagnosiselectivehandinfectionspecialtysurgery

Identifiers

PMID30983417
PMCPMC7818027
OpenAlexW2939312721

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.