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ArticleCureus2023

Wireless High-Frequency Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Refractory Knee Pain Post-total Knee Replacement.

Gaurav Chauhan, Suresh K Srinivasan, Suchit Khanduja

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gaurav ChauhanAnesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, USA.
Suresh K SrinivasanPain Management, Trinity Medical Center West, Steubenville, USA.
Suchit KhandujaAnesthesiology, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, USA.
Beaumont Hospital · USTrinity Medical Center · USUPMC Presbyterian · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The number of joint replacement surgeries, especially knee replacement surgeries, is rising with the rising geriatric population. Chronic unremitting knee pain post-total knee replacement surgery is a common phenomenon. Usually, the pain responds to conservative measures, including physical therapy and medical management. In some patients, the pain post-knee replacement surgery can be refractory and unremitting. In such scenarios, peripheral nerve stimulation, or neuromodulation, can be an effective option.

Indexed as

chronic painchronic post-surgical painperipheral nerve stimulationtotal knee replacementwireless implantable device

Identifiers

PMID37025751
PMCPMC10072170
OpenAlexW4323074419

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