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ArticleCureus2020

Self-mutilation of Fingers Following Median Nerve Injury: Case Reports and Literature Review.

Wafa Binfadil, Rahul P Sinha, Hayder Saleh, Farhan Ali, Sattar Alshryda

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Self-mutilation: a systematic review.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2025
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wafa BinfadilTrauma and Orthopaedic, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, ARE.
Rahul P SinhaNeurology, Al Jalila Children's Speciality Hospital, Dubai, ARE.
Hayder SalehOrthopaedic, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, ARE.
Farhan AliOrthopaedic, Royal Manchester Children Hospital, Manchester, GBR.
Sattar AlshrydaPediatric Orthopaedics and Trauma, Al Jalila Children's Speciality Hospital, Dubai, ARE.
Al Jalila Foundation · AERashid Hospital · AE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-mutilation of fingers following nerve injuries is extremely rare, but it can lead to serious complications, including amputation if not treated timely. We report here what we believe to be the first English language reports of self-mutilation of fingers following median nerve injury caused by a supracondylar humeral fracture.

Indexed as

childrenmedian nerve injurynerve injuryself-bitingself-mutilationsupracondylar humeral fracture

Identifiers

PMID32489727
PMCPMC7255529
OpenAlexW3021739810

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Registered trials

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