Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37561147›Full record

ReviewOrthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany)2023

[Options and limits of leg length correction in paediatric orthopaedics].

Björn Vogt, Jan Duedal Rölfing, Robert Rödl, Henning Tretow

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Review in Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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, 3 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Björn VogtKinderorthopädie, Deformitätenrekonstruktion und Fußchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, 48149, Münster, Deutschland. bjoern.vogt@ukmuenster.de.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-2751
Jan Duedal RölfingKinderorthopädie, Deformitätenrekonstruktion und Fußchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, 48149, Münster, Deutschland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7934-2983
Robert RödlKinderorthopädie, Deformitätenrekonstruktion und Fußchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, 48149, Münster, Deutschland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1731-6293
Henning TretowKinderorthopädie, Deformitätenrekonstruktion und Fußchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, 48149, Münster, Deutschland.
University Hospital Münster · DEAarhus University Hospital · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For paediatric orthopaedic surgeons treating leg length discrepancy, knowledge of the available procedures and their options and limits is just as important as mastery of the very different surgical methods and implants, as well as the possible complications, in order to be able to advise and treat the children and adolescents and their parents comprehensively and in the best interests. Both the growth inhibiting procedures and the complex bone lengthening procedures require a great deal of experience to successfully guide patients and families through what is often a lengthy and sometimes complicated treatment process. Careful preoperative indications and planning, precise surgical techniques with suitable instruments and implants, and attentive postoperative check-ups are mandatory prerequisites for the desired therapeutic success.

Indexed as

Bone LengtheningOrthopedicsAdolescentChildHumansLegLeg Length InequalityProstheses and ImplantsAdolescentBone lengtheningChildEpiphysiodesisLeg length inequality

Identifiers

PMID37561147
OpenAlexW4385716145

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Registered trials

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