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ReviewOrthopaedic journal of sports medicine2019

Critical Evaluation of the Methodologic Quality of the Top 50 Cited Articles Relating to Knee Dislocation and Multiligamentous Knee Injury.

David A Hankins, Ian E Fletcher, Fermin Prieto, Andrew C Ockuly, Orrin B Myers, Gehron P Treme, Andrew J Veitch, Daniel C Wascher, Robert C Schenck, Dustin L Richter

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Review in Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Meniscal Lesions in Multi-Ligament Knee Injuries.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2024
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. The Top 50 Most-Cited Papers in the Diagnosis and Management of SLAP Tears.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2021
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Controversies in acute multiligamentary knee injuries (MLKI).Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2020
    Review
  10. Review
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

10 authors.

David A HankinsDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Ian E FletcherSchool of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Fermin PrietoSchool of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Andrew C OckulyDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Orrin B MyersDepartment of Biostatistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Gehron P TremeDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Andrew J VeitchDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Daniel C WascherDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Robert C SchenckDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Dustin L RichterDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMany studies have evaluated the management of knee dislocations (KDs) and multiligamentous knee injuries (MLKIs). However, no study to date has analyzed the quality of the most cited articles in this literature. HYPOTHESIS: There is a positive correlation between the number of article citations in the KD and MLKI literature and their methodologic quality. STUDY

designSystematic review.

methodsThe Web of Science online database was searched to identify the top 50 cited articles in KD and MLKI care. Demographic data were recorded for each study. The Modified Coleman Methodology Score (MCMS) and the Methodological Index for Non-randomized Studies (MINORS) were used to analyze the methodological quality of each article. Spearman correlation coefficients (

resultsThe articles identified were published between 1958 and 2015 in a wide variety of peer-reviewed journals (n = 16). The majority of study level of evidence (LOE) was of low quality (level 5, 16%; level 4, 54%; level 3, 16%; level 2, 14%). There were no studies of level 1 evidence. The mean MCMS and MINORS scores were 29.0 (SD, 19.1; range, 3-72) and 6.1 (SD, 3.7; range, 0-14), respectively. No significant correlation was identified between the number of citations and the publication year, LOE, MCMS, or MINORS (

conclusionThe top 50 cited articles on KD and MLKI care consisted of low LOE and methodological quality, with no existing level 1 articles. There was no significant correlation between the number of citations and publication year, LOE, or study methodological quality. Positive correlations were observed between later publication date and improved methodological quality.

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knee dislocationknee ligamentsmultiple ligament injuriesquality of evidence

Identifiers

PMID31742213
PMCPMC6843738

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