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ReviewCureus2024

Patella Fracture After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Review.

Konstantinos Tsivelekas, Dimitrios Pallis, Stavros Lykos, Evangelos Triantafyllou, Petros Nikolakakos, Anastasia Tilentzoglou, Stamatios A Papadakis

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. [Effectiveness of three-needle and two-cable structure in treatment of inferior patellar pole avulsion fractures].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2025
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Konstantinos TsivelekasSecond Department of Orthopaedics, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, GRC.
Dimitrios PallisSecond Department of Orthopaedics, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, GRC.
Stavros LykosSecond Department of Orthopaedics, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, GRC.
Evangelos TriantafyllouSecond Department of Orthopaedics, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, GRC.
Petros NikolakakosSecond Department of Orthopaedics, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, GRC.
Anastasia TilentzoglouSecond Department of Orthopaedics, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, GRC.
Stamatios A PapadakisSecond Department of Orthopaedics, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, GRC.
General Hospital of Attica · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The management and underlying causes of patellar periprosthetic fractures (PPF) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) constitute an issue of growing importance given the rising frequency of these procedures. Patella periprosthetic fractures, though relatively rare, pose significant challenges and are a frequent indication for revision surgeries. Despite a decrease in overall incidence, PPFs remain the second most common type of periprosthetic fractures after TKA. Several factors have been identified and associated with patient-specific factors, surgical technique errors, and implant-related causes. Currently extensor apparatus integrity, bone stock, and component loosening are the major concerns and indications for the selective treatment approach. In this study, a thorough review of the existing literature was performed summarizing the epidemiology, clinical manifestation, treatment approach, and functional outcome of PPF. This review aims to underline the significance of such predisposing factors, point out the severity of PPF, and offer insights into the optimal intra- and post-operative management of the patella.

Indexed as

patella fracturepatella periprosthetic fractureperiprosthetic fracturetkatotal knee arthroplasty

Identifiers

PMID38435881
PMCPMC10905318
OpenAlexW4391401749

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