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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Intramedullary Nail vs. Plate Fixation for Pathological Humeral Shaft Fracture: An Updated Narrative Review and Meta-Analysis of Surgery-Related Factors.

Bing-Kuan Chen, Ting-Han Tai, Shu-Hsuan Lin, Kuan-Hao Chen, Yu-Min Huang, Chih-Yu Chen

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. 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
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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.

  1. Article
  2. Nonunion and Postoperative Complications Associated With Intramedullary Nailing Versus Plate Fixation of Humeral Shaft Fractures.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Osteoporosis Management for Shoulder Surgeons.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2024
    Review
  6. Article
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.

Bing-Kuan ChenSchool of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-7014-2245
Ting-Han TaiSchool of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.
Shu-Hsuan LinSchool of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.
Kuan-Hao ChenDepartment of Orthopedics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City 23561, Taiwan.
Yu-Min HuangDepartment of Orthopedics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City 23561, Taiwan.
Chih-Yu ChenSchool of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-5508-7647

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

bone metastasisinternal fixationintramedullary nailmeta-analysismetastatic lesionpathological humeral shaft fracturesplate

Identifiers

PMID38337449
PMCPMC10856436

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