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ArticleJournal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS2022

Adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey of UK and European hand surgery units.

Abigail V Shaw, David G W Holmes, Victoria Jansen, Christy L Fowler, Justin C R Wormald, Ryckie G Wade, Emma K Reay, Matthew D Gardiner, #RSTNCOVID Hand Collaborative

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Article in Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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

9 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Abigail V ShawDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Headley Way, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. Electronic address: abigail.shaw@nhs.net.
David G W HolmesDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Leighton Hospital, Mid Cheshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Middlewich Road, Crewe CW1 4QJ, UK.
Victoria JansenPulvertaft Hand Centre, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS foundation Trust, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3NE, UK.
Christy L FowlerGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UK.
Justin C R WormaldNuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science (NDORMS), University of Oxford, Windmill Road, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK.
Ryckie G WadeLeeds Institute for Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
Emma K ReayDepartment of Hand Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, South Tees NHS Foundation Trust, Marton Road, Middlesborough TS4 3BW, UK.
Matthew D GardinerDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Wexham Park Hospital, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Wexham Street, Slough SL2 4HL, UK; Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7FY, UK.
#RSTNCOVID Hand Collaborative
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · GBJames Cook University Hospital · GBLeighton Hospital · GBNuffield Orthopaedic Centre · GBOxford University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBUniversity Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Leeds · GBWexham Park Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hand surgery services had to rapidly adapt to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of the Reconstructive Surgery Trials Network #RSTNCOVID Hand Surgery survey was to document the changes made in the UK and Europe and consider which might persist. A survey developed by the Reconstructive Surgery Trials Network, in association with the British Association of Hand Therapists, was distributed to hand surgery units across the UK and Europe after the first wave of COVID-19. It was completed by one consultant hand surgeon at each of the 44 units that responded. Adult and paediatric trauma were maintained but elective services stopped. Consultations were increasingly virtual, and surgery was more likely to be under local anaesthetic and in a lower resource setting. Many of the changes are viewed as being beneficial. However, it is important to establish that they are clinically and cost effective. These survey results will help prioritise and support future research initiatives.

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COVID-19PandemicsAdultChildHandHumansSARS-CoV-2United KingdomCOVID-19Hand surgerySurvey

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PMID35000883
PMCPMC8600752
OpenAlexW3199756517

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