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ReviewSisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni2021

Vitamin C Could Prevent Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I in Trauma and Orthopedic Care? A Systematic Review of the Literature and Current Findings.

Fortunato Giustra, Francesco Bosco, Alessandro Aprato, Stefano Artiaco, Alessandro Bistolfi, Alessandro Masse

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Review in Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. 10. Complex regional pain syndrome.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2025
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  10. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fortunato GiustraDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Francesco BoscoDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Alessandro ApratoDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Stefano ArtiacoDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Alessandro BistolfiDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Alessandro MasseDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
University of Turin · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the efficacy of Vitamin C (VC) in preventing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type I (CRPS-I) in fractures or surgery of the upper and lower extremities. During December 2020, Scopus and PubMed search was performed to analyze VC supplementation in preventing CRPS-I after trauma and orthopedic care, according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guideline. Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, Study Design model, and a modified version of the Coleman Methodology Score were used to analyze the included studies. The research was limited from 1990 to December 2020. Initial screening results identified 649 studies. After reviewing each study, six clinical studies were included in the study. A total of 2026 patients of whom 632 male and 1394 female were collected in our systematic review. During the entire follow-up period, the occurrence of CRPS-I was evaluated in 1939 patients. Five of the six analyzed studies were favoring prophylactic use of the 500-1000 mg daily dose of VC for 45-50 days after orthopedic or trauma care for prevention of CRPS-I. Only one study found no benefit in VC supplementation compared with placebo to prevent CRPS-I. Analysis of the literature suggests that a daily 500-1000 mg VC supplementation may reduce the onset of CRPS-I in trauma of upper/lower extremities and in orthopedic surgery.

Indexed as

Ascorbic acidchronic paincomplex regional pain syndromereflex sympathetic dystrophyvitamin C

Identifiers

PMID34349587
PMCPMC8298085
OpenAlexW3124983841

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