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ReviewEFORT open reviews2021

Effect of PTH treatment on bone healing in insufficiency fractures of the pelvis: a systematic review.

Pernille Bovbjerg, Ditte Høgh, Lonnie Froberg, Hagen Schmal, Moustapha Kassem

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Review in EFORT open reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Pernille BovbjergDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3153-8917
Ditte HøghDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Lonnie FrobergDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Hagen SchmalDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Moustapha KassemDepartment of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Odense University Hospital · DKRegion of Southern Denmark · DKUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DEUniversity of Freiburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aging of our society is associated with an increasing number of insufficiency fractures of the pelvis and the current standard of care is pain control and early mobilization. The aim of this study was to explore whether parathyroid hormone (PTH) treatment can support bone healing in these patients.We conducted a systematic review searching the databases PubMed, Embase and Cochrane. Our primary outcome was fracture healing, secondary outcome measures comprised pain, mobility and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).Eight articles were included in the qualitative synthesis, of which two were included in a meta-analysis. However, only three studies were comparative including one randomized controlled trial. Fracture healing and reported pain were assessed after eight weeks, and were significantly improved in the group being treated with PTH (p < 0.01) in the meta-analysis. All articles described a positive effect for PTH on fracture healing and pain.Our systematic review indicates that there is a positive effect of PTH treatment on healing and pain in patients with insufficiency fracture in the pelvic ring, but further research is necessary. Cite this article:

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insufficiency fracturepelvic fracturePTH

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PMID33532082
PMCPMC7845562
OpenAlexW3120811826

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