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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Sacroplasty for Sacral Insufficiency Fractures: Narrative Literature Review on Patient Selection, Technical Approaches, and Outcomes.

Manjot Singh, Mariah Balmaceno-Criss, Ashley Knebel, Michael Kuharski, Itala Sakr, Mohammad Daher, Christopher L McDonald, Bassel G Diebo, John K Czerwein, Alan H Daniels

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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 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Manjot SinghDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4524-6226
Mariah Balmaceno-CrissDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5065-6062
Ashley KnebelDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6405-8573
Michael KuharskiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-8988-1419
Itala SakrDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Hotel Dieu de France, Beirut 166830, Lebanon.
Mohammad DaherDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Christopher L McDonaldDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Bassel G DieboDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
John K CzerweinDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Alan H DanielsDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Brown University · USHôtel-Dieu de France · LB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sacral insufficiency fractures commonly affect elderly women with osteoporosis and can cause debilitating lower back pain. First line management is often with conservative measures such as early mobilization, multimodal pain management, and osteoporosis management. If non-operative management fails, sacroplasty is a minimally invasive intervention that may be pursued. Candidates for sacroplasty are patients with persistent pain, inability to tolerate immobilization, or patients with low bone mineral density. Before undergoing sacroplasty, patients' bone health should be optimized with pharmacotherapy. Anabolic agents prior to or in conjunction with sacroplasty have been shown to improve patient outcomes. Sacroplasty can be safely performed through a number of techniques: short-axis, long-axis, coaxial, transiliac, interpedicular, and balloon-assisted. The procedure has been demonstrated to rapidly and durably reduce pain and improve mobility, with little risk of complications. This article aims to provide a narrative literature review of sacroplasty including, patient selection and optimization, the various technical approaches, and short and long-term outcomes.

Indexed as

balloon-assistedcoaxialinterpedicularlong-axissacral insufficiency fracturessacroplasty techniquesshort-axistransiliac

Identifiers

PMID38398413
PMCPMC10889545
OpenAlexW4391843496

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