Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33127693›Full record

ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Surgical strategies in management of ankylosed bilateral hips and knees in crouched posture.

Sathish Muthu, Girinivasan Chellamuthu, Thiruvengita Prasad Gopalswamy, Velmurugan Kandasamy

Open access · greenAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 77% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sathish MuthuGovernment Hospital, Velayuthampalayam, Karur, Tamil Nadu, India drsathishmuthu@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7143-4354
Girinivasan ChellamuthuOrthopaedic Research Group, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Thiruvengita Prasad GopalswamyOrthopaedic Research Group, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Velmurugan KandasamyOrthopaedic Research Group, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Orthopaedic Research Group · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 26-year-old wheelchair-bound man was brought to our institute with progressive painful deformity of both lower limbs involving bilateral hip and knee for the past 5 years. The patient was wheelchair-bound for the past 18 months. He was only able to crawl to meet his locomotor demands. On examination, the patient was in a crouched posture with mild kyphosis at the thoracolumbar region and ankylosis of bilateral hip and knee in an unfavourable position. Radiological and serological evaluation diagnosed him to be a case of neglected ankylosing spondylosis. We planned for arthroplasty of the bilateral hip and knee for correcting his posture and to regain his locomotor ability. The severity of the deformity mandated extensive releases and the handling of neurovascular structures. Hence, a holistic treatment plan with various surgical strategies was devised to manage his deformities. The patient made a good recovery and regained his locomotor ability without any major complications at a 2-year follow-up.

Indexed as

PostureAdultAnkylosisArthroplastyFollow-Up StudiesHip JointHumansKnee JointMalePatient PositioningRadiographyRange of Motion, Articularanklosing spondylitiship prosthesis implantationorthopaedicsosteoarthritisphysiotherapy (rehabilitation)

Identifiers

PMID33127693
PMCPMC7604799
OpenAlexW3097714580

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
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.