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ArticleJournal of bone and joint infection2020

Efficacy of antimicrobial coated orthopaedic implants on the prevention of periprosthetic infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Olga D Savvidou, Angelos Kaspiris, Ioannis Trikoupis, George Kakouratos, Stavros Goumenos, Dimitra Melissaridou, Panayiotis J Papagelopoulos

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Article in Journal of bone and joint infection, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Olga D Savvidou1 st Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "ATTIKON" University General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Angelos KaspirisLaboratory of Molecular Pharmacology/Division for Orthopaedic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Patras 26504, Greece.
Ioannis Trikoupis1 st Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "ATTIKON" University General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
George Kakouratos1 st Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "ATTIKON" University General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Stavros Goumenos1 st Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "ATTIKON" University General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Dimitra Melissaridou1 st Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "ATTIKON" University General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Panayiotis J Papagelopoulos1 st Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "ATTIKON" University General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Patras · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

antimicrobialinfectionorthopaedic implant

Identifiers

PMID32670776
PMCPMC7358967
OpenAlexW3038443687

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