Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32399520›Full record

ArticleAdvances in pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences2020

Chondrotoxicity of Local Anesthetics: Liposomal Bupivacaine Is Less Chondrotoxic than Standard Bupivacaine.

Travis Farmer, S Craig Morris, Robert Quigley, Nirav H Amin, Montri D Wongworawat, Hasan M Syed

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Advances in pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. 14. Discogenic Low Back Pain.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2025
    Review
  4. Article
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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Travis FarmerDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Loma Linda University, 11406 Loma Linda Drive, Suite 218, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
S Craig MorrisDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Loma Linda University, 11406 Loma Linda Drive, Suite 218, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1034-6219
Robert QuigleyDepartment of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital at Erlanger, 910 Blackford Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA.
Nirav H AminDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, 11201 Benton Street, Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA.
Montri D WongworawatDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Loma Linda University, 11406 Loma Linda Drive, Suite 218, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
Hasan M SyedDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Loma Linda University, 11406 Loma Linda Drive, Suite 218, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
Loma Linda University · USChildren’s Hospital at Erlanger · USVA Loma Linda Healthcare System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe purpose of this study is to determine whether (1) liposomal bupivacaine is chondrotoxic; (2) the chondrotoxicity of liposomal bupivacaine differs from standard bupivacaine; and (3) chondrotoxic effects are time dependent. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe obtained 72 10 mm articular cartilage plugs from 12 fresh bovine distal femoral knee joints and exposed them to either saline, 0.5% bupivacaine, or liposomal bupivacaine for either 30 or 90 minutes. Twenty-four hours after treatment, chondrocyte viability was measured with the use of a fluorescent live/dead assay. An ANOVA test of variance was performed followed by a Holm-Sidak test to make pairwise comparisons across conditions. Student's

resultsPercent viability of cells exposed to liposomal bupivacaine for 30 minutes was less versus saline control (53.9% ± 21.5% vs. 73.7 ± 18.4%,

conclusionsBupivacaine and liposomal bupivacaine are both toxic to chondrocytes. Liposomal bupivacaine is less chondrotoxic than standard bupivacaine and does not demonstrate a time-dependent toxicity.

Identifiers

PMID32399520
PMCPMC7199567
OpenAlexW2998124584

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.