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SynthesisInternational wound journal2023

The effect of the cortical bone trajectory screw fixation and traditional pedicle screw fixation on surgical site wound infection in posterior lumbar fusion wound: A meta-analysis.

Hanze Mao, Zhigang Wang, Qiang Li

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Synthesis in International wound journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hanze MaoCollege of Acupuncture and Orthopedics, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Zhigang WangDepartment of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Qiang LiDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Shaanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Xi'an, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5318-9553
Hubei University of Chinese Medicine · CNShaanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A meta-analysis investigation was performed to measure the influence of cortical bone trajectory screw fixation (CBTSF) and traditional pedicle screw fixation (TPSF) on surgical site wound infection (SSWI) in posterior lumbar fusion (PLF). A comprehensive literature inspection till February 2023 was applied and 1657 interrelated investigations were reviewed. The 13 chosen investigations enclosed 1195 individuals with PLF in the chosen investigations' starting point, 578 of them were using CBTSF, and 617 were using TPSF. Odds ratio (OR) in addition to 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were utilised to compute the value of the effect of the CBTSF and TPSF on SSWI in PLF by the dichotomous approaches and a fixed or random model. No significant difference was found between individuals using CBTSF and TPSF in SSWI (OR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.35-1.33, P = .26), superficial SSWI (OR, 0.62; 95% CI, 0.22-1.79, P = .38), and deep SSWI (OR, 0.30; 95% CI, 0.06-1.50, P = .14) in PLF. No significant difference was found between individuals using CBTSF and TPSF in SSWI, superficial SSWI, and deep SSWI in PLF. However, care must be exercised when dealing with its values because of the small sample sizes of several chosen investigations for this meta-analysis and the low number of selected investigations for a certain type of SSWI.

Indexed as

Pedicle ScrewsSpinal FusionWound InfectionCortical BoneHumansLumbar Vertebraecortical bone trajectory screw fixationposterior lumbar fusionsurgical site wound infectiontraditional pedicle screw fixation

Identifiers

PMID37264722
PMCPMC10502259
OpenAlexW4379095433

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