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ReviewSeminars in plastic surgery2021

Vascularized Rib Bone Grafting: Indications, Techniques, and Clinical Outcomes.

Sebastian J Winocour, Nikhil Agrawal, Kathryn M Wagner, Matthew J Davis, Amjed Abu-Ghname, Rohil Shekher, Michael R Raber, Michael A Bohl, Alexander E Ropper, Edward M Reece

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

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Use of a Rib Vascularized Bone Graft in Revision Vertebral Column Resection for a Complex Pediatric Spine Patient.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025
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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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sebastian J WinocourDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Nikhil AgrawalDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Kathryn M WagnerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Matthew J DavisDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Amjed Abu-GhnameDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Rohil ShekherDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Michael R RaberDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Michael A BohlDepartment of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona.
Alexander E RopperDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Edward M ReeceDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Baylor College of Medicine · USTexas Children's Hospital · USBarrow Neurological Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudarthrosis is a difficult complication often seen in patients with complex spinal pathology. To supplement existing neurosurgical approaches to cervicothoracic spinal instrumentation and fusion, novel vascularized rib bone grafts can be utilized in patients at high risk for failed spinal fusion. In this article, we discuss the indications, benefits, surgical technique, feasibility, and limitations of using rib vascularized rib bone grafts to augment spinal fusion.

Indexed as

autograftpseudoarthrosisspinal fusionspinoplastic reconstructionvascularized bone graftvascularized rib graft

Identifiers

PMID33994876
PMCPMC8110345
OpenAlexW3161731107

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