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ArticleBone & joint research2020

Inflammatory response in postmenopausal osteoporotic fracture healing.

Simon K-H Chow, Yu-Ning Chim, Jin-Yu Wang, Ronald M-Y Wong, Victoria M-H Choy, Wing-Hoi Cheung

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Article in Bone & joint research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Simon K-H ChowDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Yu-Ning ChimDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Jin-Yu WangDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Ronald M-Y WongDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Victoria M-H ChoyDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Wing-Hoi CheungDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Chinese University of Hong Kong · CNChinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A balanced inflammatory response is important for successful fracture healing. The response of osteoporotic fracture healing is deranged and an altered inflammatory response can be one underlying cause. The objectives of this review were to compare the inflammatory responses between normal and osteoporotic fractures and to examine the potential effects on different healing outcomes. A systematic literature search was conducted with relevant keywords in PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science independently. Original preclinical studies and clinical studies involving the investigation of inflammatory response in fracture healing in ovariectomized (OVX) animals or osteoporotic/elderly patients with available full text and written in English were included. In total, 14 articles were selected. Various inflammatory factors were reported; of those tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin (IL)-6 are two commonly studied markers. Preclinical studies showed that OVX animals generally demonstrated higher systemic inflammatory response and poorer healing outcomes compared to normal controls (SHAM). However, it is inconclusive if the local inflammatory response is higher or lower in OVX animals. As for clinical studies, they mainly examine the temporal changes of the inflammatory stage or perform comparison between osteoporotic/fragility fracture patients and normal subjects without fracture. Our review of these studies emphasizes the lack of understanding that inflammation plays in the altered fracture healing response of osteoporotic/elderly patients. Taken together, it is clear that additional studies, preclinical and clinical, are required to dissect the regulatory role of inflammatory response in osteoporotic fracture healing. Cite this article:

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Fracture healingInflammatory responseInterleukin-6Osteoporotic fractureTumour necrosis factor-α

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