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ArticleCureus2021

Tendon Reconstruction With Cadaveric Allograft in a Patient With Flexor Tendon Injury Without Treatment for Six Months.

Carolina Lizarzaburu-Ortiz, Daniela Dominguez, Ian Valdez, Eduardo Rojas, Diego J Lizarzaburu

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Carolina Lizarzaburu-OrtizPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Military Hospital, Quito, ECU.
Daniela DominguezMedicine, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, ECU.
Ian ValdezMedicine, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, ECU.
Eduardo RojasMedicine, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, ECU.
Diego J LizarzaburuPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Military Hospital, Quito, ECU.
Universidad Internacional del Ecuador · ECMilitary Hospital · PKPontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador · EC

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present the case of an 18-year-old male patient with a penetrating lesion at zone II of the flexor compartment of the left hand. During surgery, complete reabsorption of the second deep and superficial flexor tendons was evidenced, prompting the decision to perform a two-stage procedure. First, a spacer was placed, and pulley reconstruction was performed. Six weeks later, we placed a cadaveric allograft and splint with the Kleinert-Duran technique for proper rehabilitation. Our case report highlights that a two-stage procedure with an allograft is a feasible technique resulting in good post-surgical functional status despite tendon reabsorption and six months between trauma and surgical intervention.

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allograftcadaveric graftcase reportflexor tendonstendon injury

Identifiers

PMID34667680
PMCPMC8519815
OpenAlexW3200972250

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