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ArticleDer Orthopade2020

[Who benefits from medical technical innovations? : A medical and medical economic analysis using the example of lumbar disc surgery].

Richard Bostelmann, Athanasios Petridis, Adrian Meder, Susanne Fröhlich

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Article in Der Orthopade, 2020. 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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0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Richard BostelmannMed Fak, Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Universitätsklinik Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland. richard.bostelmann@med.uni-duesseldorf.de.
Athanasios PetridisMed Fak, Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Universitätsklinik Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
Adrian MederBG Klinik Tübingen, Klinik für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Deutschland.
Susanne FröhlichOrthopädische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Rostock, Deutschland.
Düsseldorf University Hospital · DEUniversitätsmedizin Rostock · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Further developments in disease diagnosis and treatment are of immense relevance for advancements in medical care of the population. A detailed cost-benefit analysis of direct and indirect costs is usually unavailable. In the current article, these aspects are investigated using prospectively collected randomized data over two years. Specifically, the surgical treatment of a herniated lumbar disc is addressed, and whether a newly introduced technique (e.g., annular closure device) can lead to a better quality of care and increased patient satisfaction when performed during the standard operation, while also being economically viable.

Indexed as

Intervertebral Disc DegenerationIntervertebral Disc DisplacementLumbar VertebraeCost-Benefit AnalysisEconomics, MedicalHumansLumbosacral RegionAnulus closure deviceCost-benefit analysisMedical care costsPatient safetyQuality of health care

Identifiers

PMID31089777
OpenAlexW2944836189

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