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ArticleBMJ case reports2022

Complex distal femoral fracture treated with interfragmentary screws and medial buttress plating.

Alexei Buruian, André Carvalho, João Corte Real, Pedro Carvalhais

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Article in BMJ case reports, 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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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 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

4 authors.

Alexei BuruianDepartment of Orthopaedics of Hospital Distrital da Figueira da Foz, Hospital Distrital da Figueira da Foz, Figueira da Foz, Portugal alexei.buruian@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4793-8832
André CarvalhoDepartment of Orthopaedics of Hospital Distrital da Figueira da Foz, Hospital Distrital da Figueira da Foz, Figueira da Foz, Portugal.
João Corte RealDepartment of Orthopaedics of Hospital Distrital da Figueira da Foz, Hospital Distrital da Figueira da Foz, Figueira da Foz, Portugal.
Pedro CarvalhaisDepartment of Orthopaedics of Hospital Distrital da Figueira da Foz, Hospital Distrital da Figueira da Foz, Figueira da Foz, Portugal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A woman in her 70s suffered a motor vehicle accident, resulting in an intraarticular, distal femoral fracture with a unique fracture pattern. A 3D-printed model was obtained using the preoperative CT scan for surgical planning. Anatomic reduction was achieved using a medial parapatellar approach and the fracture was fixed with a medial buttress plate and interfragmentary screws. After 18 months, the patient presented a fair Knee Society Score of 62.

Indexed as

Femoral FracturesFemoral Fractures, DistalBone PlatesBone ScrewsFemaleFracture Fixation, InternalHumansOrthopaedic and trauma surgeryOrthopaedics

Identifiers

PMID36524271
PMCPMC9748934
OpenAlexW4311227684

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