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ArticleCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie

Evidence-based treatment of Achilles tendon rupture.

Dan Cohen, Emilie Sandman, Neil Saran, Brad Petrisor, Mohit Bhandari, Andrea Veljkovic, Anna Leucht, Emilie-Ann Downey, Paul Martineau

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Article in Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dan CohenFrom the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont. (Cohen, Petrisor, Bhandari); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que. (Sandman); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Saran, Martineau); Department of Orthopaedics, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Veljkovic, Leucht, Downey).
Emilie SandmanFrom the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont. (Cohen, Petrisor, Bhandari); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que. (Sandman); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Saran, Martineau); Department of Orthopaedics, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Veljkovic, Leucht, Downey).
Neil SaranFrom the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont. (Cohen, Petrisor, Bhandari); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que. (Sandman); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Saran, Martineau); Department of Orthopaedics, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Veljkovic, Leucht, Downey).
Brad PetrisorFrom the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont. (Cohen, Petrisor, Bhandari); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que. (Sandman); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Saran, Martineau); Department of Orthopaedics, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Veljkovic, Leucht, Downey).
Mohit BhandariFrom the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont. (Cohen, Petrisor, Bhandari); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que. (Sandman); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Saran, Martineau); Department of Orthopaedics, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Veljkovic, Leucht, Downey).
Andrea VeljkovicFrom the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont. (Cohen, Petrisor, Bhandari); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que. (Sandman); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Saran, Martineau); Department of Orthopaedics, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Veljkovic, Leucht, Downey).
Anna LeuchtFrom the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont. (Cohen, Petrisor, Bhandari); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que. (Sandman); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Saran, Martineau); Department of Orthopaedics, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Veljkovic, Leucht, Downey).
Emilie-Ann DowneyFrom the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont. (Cohen, Petrisor, Bhandari); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que. (Sandman); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Saran, Martineau); Department of Orthopaedics, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Veljkovic, Leucht, Downey).
Paul MartineauFrom the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont. (Cohen, Petrisor, Bhandari); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que. (Sandman); Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Saran, Martineau); Department of Orthopaedics, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Veljkovic, Leucht, Downey) paul.martineau@mcgill.ca.
Hamilton Health Sciences · CAUniversité de Montréal · CAHealth Sciences Centre · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment of Achilles tendon rupture has recently seen a shift toward non-operative management, as supported by the literature, yet many surgeons continue to treat these injuries operatively. The evidence clearly supports non-operative management of these injuries except for Achilles insertional tears and for certain patient groups, such as athletic patients, for whom further research is warranted. This nonadherence to evidence-based treatment may be explained by patient preference, surgeon subspecialty, surgeon era of practice or other variables. Further research to understand the reasons behind this nonadherence would help to promote conformity in the surgical community across all specialties and adherence to evidence-based approaches.

Indexed as

Achilles TendonOrthopedic ProceduresTendon InjuriesHumansPatient PreferenceRuptureTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID37402560
PMCPMC10322157
OpenAlexW4383070464

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