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ArticleArthroplasty today2021

Novel Use of a Porcine Bladder Extracellular Matrix Scaffold to Treat Postoperative Seroma in a Total Knee Arthroplasty Patient.

Patrick Bettiol, Cameron Cox, Chris Gerzina, Jordan Simpson, Brendan MacKay

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Article in Arthroplasty today, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Patrick BettiolDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Cameron CoxDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Chris GerzinaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Jordan SimpsonDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Brendan MacKayDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Texas Tech University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seroma formation in a knee arthroplasty surgery is a rare complication. When seromas occur, they act as a nidus for bacterial growth and create an optimal environment for surgical site infections. In this case report, a 52-year-old woman presented with a seroma after multiple revision operations on the left knee. Owing to multiple failures of standard irrigation and drainage procedures to resolve the seroma, an orthoplastic colleague was consulted. Over five-and-a-half months, the patient underwent multiple procedures that failed to treat the seroma. However, in a final exploratory procedure, 3000 mg of urinary bladder matrix and negative pressure wound vacuum were placed. Seven months after the intervention, the patient had complete resolution.

Indexed as

Extracellular matrixRevision total knee arthroplastySeromaUrinary bladder matrix

Identifiers

PMID33553541
PMCPMC7850943
OpenAlexW3128211040

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