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ArticleOrthopedic reviews2021

Volar locking plate versus external fixation in distal radius fractures: A meta-analysis.

Giuseppe Maccagnano, Giovanni Noia, Giovanni Vicenti, Marco Baglioni, Maria Rosa Masciale, Giuseppe Danilo Cassano, Raffaele Vitiello, Biagio Moretti, Vito Pesce

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Article in Orthopedic reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Volar-locking plate versus external fixator in the management of distal radius fractures: An isokinetic study.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Giuseppe MaccagnanoOrthopedic and Trauma Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Foggia, Policlinico Riuniti di Foggia.
Giovanni NoiaOrthopedic and Trauma Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Foggia, Policlinico Riuniti di Foggia.
Giovanni VicentiOrthopaedic and Trauma Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, School of Medicine, University of Bari, AOU Consorziale Policlinico, Bari.
Marco BaglioniOrthopaedic and Trauma Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, School of Medicine, University of Bari, AOU Consorziale Policlinico, Bari.
Maria Rosa MascialeOrthopaedic and Trauma Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, School of Medicine, University of Bari, AOU Consorziale Policlinico, Bari.
Giuseppe Danilo CassanoOrthopaedic and Trauma Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, School of Medicine, University of Bari, AOU Consorziale Policlinico, Bari.
Raffaele VitielloFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.
Biagio MorettiOrthopaedic and Trauma Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, School of Medicine, University of Bari, AOU Consorziale Policlinico, Bari.
Vito PesceOrthopedic and Trauma Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Foggia, Policlinico Riuniti di Foggia.
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Foggia · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this meta-analysis is to evaluate the efficacy of plate or external fixator treatments in distal radius fractures, based not only on clinical and radiographic parameters but on Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) parameters. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Metanalyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed when conducting this systematic review. The Revised Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (RAMSTAR) checklist was additionally consulted in order to ensure a high-quality methodological process, encompassing such elements as an 'a priori' design, independent reviews and comprehensive search. The literature search was carried out on PubMed, MEDLINE and Scopus. The search terms used were "Radius fracture AND osteosynthesis", "Wrist fracture AND external fixator" and "Wrist fracture AND plate". Two reviewers independently screened titles, abstracts and full texts. To determine inter-reviewer agreement, a k score was calculated after each screening state. Of the 5753 studies collected through the initial databases search, two studies were included in the final meta-analysis (125 treated with external fixator vs 132 with volar plate). There was a substantial inter-reviewer agreement as to the title (0.73; 95% confidence interval, 0.67-0.79) abstract (0.65; 95% CI, 0.46-0.83) and fulltext screening stages (0.89; 95%CI, 0.67-1). The meta-analysis reported a mean difference equal to 0.00 (95%CI= -0.05 - 0.05), in accordance with I

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clinical outcomeexternal fixattionhealth-releated quality of lifeopen reduction internal fixation (ORIF)Wrist fracture

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