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ReviewJournal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews2021

Metal Hypersensitivity in Joint Arthroplasty.

Johannes Michiel van der Merwe

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Review in Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Treatment of failed cervical total disc replacements in a series of 53 cases and description of a management strategy.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024
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  7. Reply to the Editor Regarding Metal Hypersensitivity in Joint Arthroplasty: A Review Article.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2022
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  8. Letter to the Editor: Type IV Is Not Type IV.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Johannes Michiel van der MerweFrom the Adult Reconstruction Orthopaedic Department, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9778-9594

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal hypersensitivity in joint arthroplasty is a very controversial topic with limited evidence. With increasing numbers of joint replacements being done annually, a clear understanding of the pathogenesis, clinical picture, preimplant screening, postimplant workup, and treatment plan is crucial. This review article looked at all the available evidence regarding metal hypersensitivity and summarized the key findings. An algorithm was also proposed for preimplant screening, postimplant workup, and management.

Indexed as

Arthroplasty, ReplacementHypersensitivityHumansMass ScreeningMetalsMetals

Identifiers

PMID33720103
PMCPMC7963506

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