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ArticleClinical case reports2023

Osteomyelitis with abscess associated with acute closed upper humerus fracture in an adult: A case report.

John G Skedros, Tyler R Smith, John T Cronin

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Article in Clinical case reports, 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 30% 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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

John G SkedrosUtah Orthopaedic Specialists Salt Lake City Utah USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2352-980X
Tyler R SmithUtah Orthopaedic Specialists Salt Lake City Utah USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-1085
John T CroninUtah Orthopaedic Specialists Salt Lake City Utah USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7726-6374
Salt Lake Regional Medical Center · USUniversity of Utah · USUtah Cancer Specialists · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 64-year-old female presented with malaise and fever 11 days after a closed, minimally displaced humerus surgical neck fracture. MR imaging revealed an abscess around the fracture, which is a very rare occurrence in adults. Two open debridements and IV antibiotics eradicated the infection. Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty was eventually performed for fracture nonunion.

Indexed as

abscessacute osteomyelitisfracture nonunioninfectionproximal humerus fracture

Identifiers

PMID37434954
PMCPMC10332134
OpenAlexW4383821823

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