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ReviewEFORT open reviews2023

Benign tumours of foot and ankle.

Hagen Fritzsche, Anne Weidlich, Klaus-Dieter Schaser, Elisabeth Mehnert, Doreen Winkler, Stefan Rammelt

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Review in EFORT open reviews, 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
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Predictors of malignancy in surgically removed foot and ankle masses: a retrospective multi-center study.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hagen FritzscheUniversity Center for Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1223-1012
Anne WeidlichUniversity Center for Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse, Dresden, Germany.
Klaus-Dieter SchaserUniversity Center for Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse, Dresden, Germany.
Elisabeth MehnertUniversity Center for Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse, Dresden, Germany.
Doreen WinklerUniversity Center for Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse, Dresden, Germany.
Stefan RammeltUniversity Center for Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse, Dresden, Germany.
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Musculoskeletal tumours of foot or ankle make up about 4-5% of all musculoskeletal tumours. Fortunately, about 80% of them are benign. However, due to the rarity and low prevalence of each single tumour entity, diagnosis is often difficult and delayed. Ultrasonography is an important diagnostic tool to safely recognize ganglion cysts as a frequently encountered 'bump' in the foot. In suspicious lesions, malignancy must be excluded histologically in a tumour center by biopsy after imaging procedures using x-ray, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Most of the benign tumours do not require any further surgical therapy. Resection should be performed in the case of locally aggressive tumour growth or local symptoms of discomfort. In contrast to malignant tumours, the primary purpose in the resection is the least possible loss of function.

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benign tumoursbone tumoursfoot and anklesoft tissue tumourstreatment modalities

Identifiers

PMID37289139
PMCPMC10300839
OpenAlexW4379769361

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