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ReviewCureus2021

Plastics in Total Knee Replacement: Processing to Performance.

Naga Cheppalli, Sreenivasulu Metikala, Benjamin S Albertson, Kenneth Yaw

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In one paragraph

Review in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing 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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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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

4 authors.

Naga CheppalliOrthopaedics, Veteran Affairs (VA) Hospital/University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, USA.
Sreenivasulu MetikalaOrthopaedics, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, USA.
Benjamin S AlbertsonOrthopaedics & Rehabilitation, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, USA.
Kenneth YawOrthopaedics, New Mexico Veteran Affairs (VA) Health Care System, Albuquerque, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyethylene (PE) is the key component of total knee replacement (TKR). The wear of polyethylene, a common cause of revision surgeries, depends on multiple factors. The mechanical properties, wear characteristics, and oxidative resistance of PE can be manipulated by the techniques of processing, sterilization, and packaging methods. This article describes the making of conventional and cross-linked poly, packaging, sterilization, processing techniques, and a summary of commercially available plastics and their rationale in TKR including the latest advances.

Indexed as

antioxidantcrosslinkedfatigueknee arthroplastyoxidationpackagingpolyethylenesterilizationvitamin ewear

Identifiers

PMID33654631
PMCPMC7913782

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