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ReviewSeminars in plastic surgery2021

Tendon: Principles of Healing and Repair.

Christian Chartier, Hassan ElHawary, Aslan Baradaran, Joshua Vorstenbosch, Liqin Xu, Johnny Ionut Efanov

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In one paragraph

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 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. PIEZO1 Is a Contextual Mechanosensor and Its Depletion in Scx-Lineage Cells Accelerates Structural and Functional Recovery.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  7. Ultrasonographic evaluation of tendon injuries in hand trauma: a crucial tool for emergency care.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2026
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  10. Grafts in tendon repair.Materials today. Bio · 2026
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  11. The Secretome From Mechanically Loaded Myoblasts Enhances Tenocyte-Mediated Wound Healing in a 3D In Vitro Tendon Model.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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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.

Christian ChartierFaculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Hassan ElHawaryDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Aslan BaradaranDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Joshua VorstenboschDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Liqin XuDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Johnny Ionut EfanovDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
McGill University Health Centre · CACentre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · CAMcGill University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tendon stores, releases, and dissipates energy to efficiently transmit contractile forces from muscle to bone. Tendon injury is exceedingly common, with the spectrum ranging from chronic tendinopathy to acute tendon rupture. Tendon generally develops according to three main steps: collagen fibrillogenesis, linear growth, and lateral growth. In the setting of injury, it also repairs and regenerates in three overlapping steps (inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling) with tendon-specific durations. Acute injury to the flexor and extensor tendons of the hand are of particular clinical importance to plastic surgeons, with tendon-specific treatment guided by the general principle of minimum protective immobilization followed by hand therapy to overcome potential adhesions. Thorough knowledge of the underlying biomechanical principles of tendon healing is required to provide optimal care to patients presenting with tendon injury.

Indexed as

tendon healingtendon inflammationtendon repair

Identifiers

PMID34526870
PMCPMC8432990
OpenAlexW3183649479

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Registered trials

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