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ReviewJournal of orthopaedics

Platelet-rich plasma in non-operative management of mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome - A systematic review & meta-analysis of short-term outcomes.

Martin S Davey, Matthew G Davey, Eoghan T Hurley, J Tristan Cassidy, Hannan Mullett, Niall M McInerney, John G Galbraith

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Review in Journal of orthopaedics. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Martin S DaveyDepartment of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
Matthew G DaveyRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Eoghan T HurleyRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
J Tristan CassidyRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Hannan MullettDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Surgery Clinic, Dublin, Ireland.
Niall M McInerneyRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
John G GalbraithDepartment of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland · IEUniversity Hospital Galway · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo perform an updated systematic review with meta-analysis on trials focusing on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), nerve conduction studies (NCS) result and cross sectional area (CSA) measurements of those who underwent PRP injection for mild to moderate CTS, versus a control.

conclusionThis study indicates that there may be a potential role for the use of PRP in the non-operative management of mild to moderate CTS results in improvements in pain scores, functional outcomes as well as CSA measurements of the MN at short-term follow-up. However, PRP does not result in improvements in NCS. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II; Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis of Prospective Trials.

Indexed as

Carpal tunnel syndromeCTSMedian neuropathyPlatelet rich plasmaPRP

Identifiers

PMID35068775
PMCPMC8758911
OpenAlexW3161786274

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