ArticleOTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma2021
Robot-assisted fracture fixation in orthopaedic trauma surgery: a systematic review.
Article in OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Emerging era of robotics and artificial intelligence in orthopaedic trauma surgery.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2026Article
- A decade of progress in orthopaedic telesurgery from concept to clinical feasibility: an evidence based review of robotics, latency science, digital ecosystems, and future remote surgical practice.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Review and First Study of a Single-Port Robot in Pelvic Traumatology.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Review
- Evaluation of reduction quality and implant positioning in intertrochanteric fracture fixation: A review of key radiographic parameters.World journal of orthopedics · 2025Review
- Clinical efficacy and biomechanical analysis of robotic internal fixation with percutaneous screws in the treatment of both-column acetabular fractures.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Robot-assisted fracture fixation for pelvic fractures: a scoping review of emerging technologies.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Review
- Management of Distal Femoral Non-union: A Systematic Review.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2024Review
- Robot-Assisted Reduction of the Ankle Joint via Multi-Body 3D-2D Image Registration.IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics · 2024Article
- A clinical study on robot navigationassisted intramedullary nail treatment for humeral shaft fractures.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Hybrid-3D robotic suite in spine and trauma surgery - experiences in 210 patients.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Robotic-assisted plate fixation of the anterior acetabulum - clinical description of a new technique.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Article
- Robot Navigation System Assisted PFNA Fixation of Femoral Intertrochanteric Fractures in the Elderly: A Retrospective Clinical Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2024Article
- Robotic-assisted systems for the safe and reliable treatment of femoral neck fractures: retrospective cohort study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- Does robot-assisted percutaneous hollow screw placement combined with tarsal sinus incision reduction in the treatment of calcaneal fracture perform better at a minimum two year follow-up compared with traditional surgical reduction and fixation?International orthopaedics · 2023Article
- [Computer-assisted procedures in orthopedics and trauma surgery-Where do we stand?]Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- Current status of robot-assisted surgery in the clinical application of trauma orthopedics in China: A systematic review.Health science reports · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
To investigate the applications of robot-assisted surgery and its effect on surgical outcomes in orthopaedic trauma patients. DATA SOURCES: A search was performed in PubMed and Embase for articles in English, Dutch, German, or French, without restrictions on follow-up times, study size, or year of publication. STUDY SELECTION: Studies were included if they investigated patients undergoing robot-assisted fracture fixation surgery for orthopaedic trauma. DATA EXTRACTION: Outcomes studied were operating time, fluoroscopy time/frequency, complications, functional outcomes, intraoperative blood loss, fracture healing, and screw placement accuracy. Critical appraisal was done by using the Methodological Index for Non-Randomized Studies. DATA SYNTHESIS: Narrative review.
conclusionsA total of 3832 hits were identified with the search and 8 studies were included with a combined total of 437 included patients, 3 retrospective cohort studies, 2 prospective cohort studies, 1 cohort study not otherwise specified, 1 case series, and 1 randomized controlled trial. Four studies investigated pelvic ring fractures, 3 studies investigated femur fractures, and 1 study investigated scaphoid fractures. Seven investigated percutaneous screw fixation and 1 studied intramedullary nail fixation. One robotic system was used across all studies, the TiRobot, and all procedures were performed in China. The limited evidence suggests that that robot-assisted orthopaedic trauma surgery may reduce operating time, use of fluoroscopy, intraoperative blood loss, and improve screw placement accuracy, but the overall quality of evidence was low with a high risk of bias. Robot-assisted fracture fixation does not appear to lead to better functional outcomes for the patient.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.