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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2021

Biomechanical Effects of a Cross Connector in Sacral Fractures - A Finite Element Analysis.

Meike Gierig, Fangrui Liu, Lukas Weiser, Wolfgang Lehmann, Peter Wriggers, Michele Marino, Dominik Saul

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Meike GierigInstitute of Continuum Mechanics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany.
Fangrui LiuInstitute of Continuum Mechanics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany.
Lukas WeiserDepartment of Trauma, Orthopedics and Reconstructive Surgery, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Wolfgang LehmannDepartment of Trauma, Orthopedics and Reconstructive Surgery, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Peter WriggersInstitute of Continuum Mechanics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany.
Michele MarinoDepartment of Civil Engineering and Computer Science, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Dominik SaulDepartment of Trauma, Orthopedics and Reconstructive Surgery, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Leibniz University Hannover · DEUniversity of Göttingen · DEUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

cross connectorfinite element analysissacrum fracturespinopelvic fracturespinopelvic stabilization

Identifiers

PMID34124023
PMCPMC8188498
OpenAlexW3163957992

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