Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38771369›Full record

ArticleEuropean journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie2024

Anterior internal versus external fixation of unstable pelvis fractures was not associated with discharge destination, critical care, length of stay, or hospital charges.

Ian G Hasegawa, Brandan Sakka, Andrew M Duong, Li Ding, Monica D Wong, Joshua L Gary, Joseph T Patterson

Abstract readComparative Study
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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.

  1. Article
  2. 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

7 authors.

Ian G HasegawaDpeartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, US.
Brandan SakkaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, 1520 San Pablo Street, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA, 90033-5322, US.
Andrew M DuongDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, 1520 San Pablo Street, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA, 90033-5322, US.
Li DingDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Monica D WongDepartment of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Joshua L GaryDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, 1520 San Pablo Street, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA, 90033-5322, US.
Joseph T PattersonDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, 1520 San Pablo Street, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA, 90033-5322, US. josephp7@usc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7494-7366

Funding

AO North America Fellows Research Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDetermine if anterior internal versus supra-acetabular external fixation of unstable pelvic fractures is associated with care needs or discharge.

methodsA retrospective cohort study was performed at two tertiary trauma referral centers. Adults with unstable pelvis fractures (AO/OTA 61B/61C) who received operative fixation of the anterior and posterior pelvic ring by two orthopedic trauma surgeons from October 2020 to November 2022 were included. The primary outcome was discharge destination. Secondary outcomes included intensive care unit (ICU) or ventilator days, length of stay, and hospital charges.

resultsEighty-three eligible patients were 38.6% female, with a mean age of 47.2 ± 20.3 years and BMI 28.1 ± 6.4 kg/m

conclusionsAnterior internal versus supra-acetabular external fixation of unstable pelvis fractures was not significantly associated with discharge destination, critical care, hospital length of stay, or hospital charges. This sample may be underpowered to detect differences between groups. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic Level IV.

Indexed as

Critical CareFracture FixationFracture Fixation, InternalFractures, BoneHospital ChargesLength of StayPatient DischargePelvic BonesAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesDischargeExternal fixationHomeInternal fixationPelvis fracture

Identifiers

PMID38771369
PMCPMC11291563

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.