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ReviewiScience2020

Titanium for Orthopedic Applications: An Overview of Surface Modification to Improve Biocompatibility and Prevent Bacterial Biofilm Formation.

James Quinn, Ryan McFadden, Chi-Wai Chan, Louise Carson

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Review in iScience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
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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

63 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Rapid mineralization of hydrothermally induced TiOJournal of materials science. Materials in medicine · 2026
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  5. Alkaline Ozonation-Induced TiOJournal of functional biomaterials · 2026
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  15. A Comparison ofHip & pelvis · 2025
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3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

James QuinnSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.
Ryan McFaddenSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Ashby Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AH, UK.
Chi-Wai ChanSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Ashby Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AH, UK.
Louise CarsonSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Titanium and its alloys have emerged as excellent candidates for use as orthopedic biomaterials. Nevertheless, there are often complications arising after implantation of orthopedic devices, most notably prosthetic joint infection and aseptic loosening. To ensure that implanted devices remain functional

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BiomaterialsMicrobiofilmsOrthopedicsSurface Science

Identifiers

PMID33235984
PMCPMC7670191

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