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ReviewWorld journal of surgery2020

The Global Burden of Surgical Management of Osteoporotic Fractures.

Seth M Tarrant, Zsolt J Balogh

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Review in World journal of surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Seth M TarrantTrauma Service, Division of Surgery, John Hunter Hospital, Locked Bag No. 1, Hunter Region Mail Centre, Newcastle, NSW, 2310, Australia.
Zsolt J BaloghTrauma Service, Division of Surgery, John Hunter Hospital, Locked Bag No. 1, Hunter Region Mail Centre, Newcastle, NSW, 2310, Australia. Zsolt.Balogh@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au.
John Hunter Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporosis is an epidemic in the developed world. Fracture is a major burden associated with osteoporosis. Surgical management is recommended for particular anatomical areas, whilst other fracture patterns have a less defined and controversial role for surgery. This review aims to highlight increase in the global burden of osteoporosis and subsequent fragility fractures. As health and life expectancy improves, osteoporotic fracture fixation will constitute a significant physical and economic burden. The surgical management of osteoporotic fractures involves awareness on all levels from government to the individual, from primary prevention of fracture to surgical aftercare in the community.

Indexed as

AftercareAgedBone Density Conservation AgentsFemaleFracture FixationGlobal HealthHealth Care CostsHumansMaleOrthopedic ProceduresOsteoporosisOsteoporotic FracturesRadiographyBone Density Conservation Agents

Identifiers

PMID32047984
OpenAlexW3006404413

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