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SynthesisFrontiers in surgery2020

Efficacy of Sinus Tarsal Approach Compared With Conventional L-Shaped Lateral Approach in the Treatment of Calcaneal Fractures: A Meta-Analysis.

Dongmei Ma, Lei Huang, Bin Liu, Zhigang Liu, Xin Xu, Jianfeng Liu, Tianyue Chu, Liming Pan

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Synthesis in Frontiers in surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. [Study on Holosight robot-assisted fixation versus fixation via sinus tarsi approach in treatment of calcaneal fractures].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Dongmei MaDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Lei HuangDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Bin LiuDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Zhigang LiuDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Xin XuDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Jianfeng LiuDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Tianyue ChuDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Liming PanDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

calcaneal fracturecalcaneal fracture non-unionmeta-analysisonventional L-shaped lateral approachsinus tarsal approach

Identifiers

PMID33585545
PMCPMC7873930

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