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ArticlePolymers2019

Bioresorbable Stent in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

Krzysztof Ficek, Jolanta Rajca, Mateusz Stolarz, Ewa Stodolak-Zych, Jarosław Wieczorek, Małgorzata Muzalewska, Marek Wyleżoł, Zygmunt Wróbel, Marcin Binkowski, Stanisław Błażewicz

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Article in Polymers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Krzysztof FicekDepartment of Science, Innovation and Development, Galen-Orthopaedics, 43-150 Bierun, Poland.
Jolanta RajcaDepartment of Science, Innovation and Development, Galen-Orthopaedics, 43-150 Bierun, Poland.
Mateusz StolarzDepartment of Science, Innovation and Development, Galen-Orthopaedics, 43-150 Bierun, Poland.
Ewa Stodolak-ZychDepartment of Biomaterials and Composites, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland.
Jarosław WieczorekUniversity Center of Veterinary Medicine UJ-UR, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow 30-059, Poland.
Małgorzata MuzalewskaInstitute of Fundamentals of Machinery Design, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
Marek WyleżołInstitute of Fundamentals of Machinery Design, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
Zygmunt WróbelInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia, 41-205 Sosnowiec, Poland.
Marcin BinkowskiX-ray Microtomography Lab, Department of Computer Biomedical Systems, Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer and Materials Science, University of Silesia, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland.
Stanisław BłażewiczDepartment of Biomaterials and Composites, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland.
AGH University of Krakow · PLSilesian University of Technology · PLInstitute of Computer Science · PLUniversity of Agriculture in Krakow · PLUniversity of Silesia in Katowice · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The exact causes of failure of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction are still unknown. A key to successful ACL reconstruction is the prevention of bone tunnel enlargement (BTE). In this study, a new strategy to improve the outcome of ACL reconstruction was analyzed using a bioresorbable polylactide (PLA) stent as a catalyst for the healing process. The study included 24 sheep with 12 months of age. The animals were randomized to the PLA group (n = 16) and control group (n = 8), subjected to the ACL reconstruction with and without the implantation of the PLA tube, respectively. The sheep were sacrificed 6 or 12 weeks post-procedure, and their knee joints were evaluated by X-ray microcomputed tomography with a 50 μm resolution. While the analysis of tibial and femoral tunnel diameters and volumes demonstrated the presence of BTE in both groups, the enlargement was less evident in the PLA group. Also, the microstructural parameters of the bone adjacent to the tunnels tended to be better in the PLA group. This suggested that the implantation of a bioresorbable PLA tube might facilitate osteointegration of the tendon graft after the ACL reconstruction. The beneficial effects of the stent were likely associated with osteogenic and osteoconductive properties of polylactide.

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anterior cruciate ligament reconstructionbone tunnel enlargementpolylactideX-ray microtomography

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PMID31795412
PMCPMC6960761
OpenAlexW2990697124

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