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Treatment of unilateral cervical facet fractures without evidence of dislocation or subluxation: a narrative review and proposed treatment algorithm.

Juan Ignacio Cirillo, Guillermo A Ricciardi, Facundo Lisandro Alvarez Lemos, Alfredo Guiroy, Ratko Yurac, Klaus Schnake

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Review in EFORT open reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 8 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

6 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Juan Ignacio CirilloHospital del Trabajador, Santiago, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-6937-5634
Guillermo A RicciardiCentro Médico Integral Fitz Roy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-6959-9301
Facundo Lisandro Alvarez LemosHospital Roberto del Río, Santiago, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-5440-9747
Alfredo GuiroyElite Spine Health and Wellness Center, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9162-6508
Ratko YuracDepartment of Orthopedic and Traumatology, University del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-3603-6294
Klaus SchnakeCenter for Spinal and Scoliosis Surgery, Malteser Waldrankenhaus St. Marien, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3118-0924
Elite Wellness · USHelios Salud · ARHospital Roberto del Rio · CLMalteser Waldkrankenhaus Erlangen · DEUniversidad Andrés Bello · CLUniversidad del Desarrollo · CL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Isolated cervical spine facet fractures are often overlooked. The primary imaging modality for diagnosing these injuries is a computed tomography scan. Treatment of unilateral cervical facet fractures without evidence of dislocation or subluxation remains controversial. The available evidence regarding treatment options for these fractures is of low quality. Risk factors associated with the failure of nonoperative treatment are: comminution of the articular mass or facet joint, acute radiculopathy, high body mass index, listhesis exceeding 2 mm, fragmental diastasis, acute disc injury, and bilateral fractures or fractures that adversely affect 40% of the intact lateral mass height or have an absolute height of 1 cm.

Indexed as

cervical facet fractureisolatednon-displacedSpinetrauma

Identifiers

PMID38457922
PMCPMC10958245
OpenAlexW4392459416

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