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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2021

Lower Leg Fractures in Children and Adolescents-Comparison of Conservative vs. ECMES Treatment.

Birte Weber, Miriam Kalbitz, Meike Baur, Christian Karl Braun, Jörn Zwingmann, Jochen Pressmar

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. "Dealer's Choice": Univalve Location Effect on Skin Surface Pressures in Long Leg Casts.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2026
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  2. Interventions for treating tibial shaft fractures in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  4. Child Fractures: Are We Getting More Surgical?Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2023
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Birte WeberDepartment of Traumatology, Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery, Center of Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Miriam KalbitzDepartment of Traumatology, Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery, Center of Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Meike BaurDepartment of Traumatology, Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery, Center of Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Christian Karl BraunInstitute of Clinical and Experimental Trauma-Immunology, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Jörn ZwingmannDepartment of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany.
Jochen PressmarDepartment of Traumatology, Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery, Center of Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Universität Ulm · DEUniversity Hospital Ulm · DEUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AO-PCCFchildrenlower leg fracturetibial fracturetoddler's fracture

Identifiers

PMID33748039
PMCPMC7969713
OpenAlexW3133827854

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