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ArticleUnfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)2022

[Interpretation of systematic review articles and meta-analyses : Clinical trials in trauma surgery and orthopedics].

Dirk Stengel, Wolf Mutschler, Luzi Dubs, Stephan Kirschner, Tobias Renkawitz

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Article in Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany), 2022. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dirk StengelForschung - Ressort Medizin, BG Kliniken - Klinikverbund der Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung gGmbH, Leipziger Pl. 1, 10117, Berlin, Deutschland. Dirk.Stengel@bg-kliniken.de.
Wolf MutschlerKlinik für Allgemeine, Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, LMU Klinikum der Universität München, Nußbaumstr. 20, 80336, München, Deutschland.
Luzi DubsFMH für Orthopädische Chirurgie, Rychenbergstr. 155, 8400, Winterthur, Schweiz.
Stephan KirschnerKlinik für Orthopädie, St. Vincentius-Kliniken gAG, Steinhäuserstr. 18, 76135, Karlsruhe, Deutschland.
Tobias RenkawitzOrthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Paraplegiologie, Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 672, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical trials must be planned and interpreted in the context of current best clinical and scientific evidence, undoubtedly provided by systematic reviews and meta-analyses, especially Cochrane Reviews. While many clinicians feel overwhelmed by this complex data source, few visualElements (e.g., the traffic light system of the Cochrane risk of bias [RoB‑2] tool, forest plots, etc.), together with indices such as the I

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Orthopedic ProceduresOrthopedicsBiasHumansNetwork Meta-Analysis as TopicSystematic Reviews as TopicClinical decision-makingEffect sizeEvidence-based medicineNetwork meta-analysisStatistics

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PMID36166082

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