ArticleJournal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews2024
Bone Bridge Transtibial Amputation by an Innovative Technique.
Article in Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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.
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.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Reconstruction of the Tibial Stump After Fibulectomy.Orthopedic research and reviews · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
We present a case report of synostosis after transtibial amputation because of distraction regenerate formation after decortication of the lateral surfaces of the tibia and fibula, sequential compression, and distraction using the Ilizarov apparatus. Its advantage is that there is no need to shorten bone. The establishment of distal tibia-fibula synostosis (Ertl) in patients with transtibial amputation has been advocated to improve function and prosthetic wear. There are a variety of techniques to create a bone block. This case reports the successful use of an innovative technique to establish bone block. A patient with transtibial amputation underwent revision of residual limb by decorticating the lateral aspect of the distal tibia and the medial aspect of the distal fibula and acutely compressing the distal ends of the 2 bones with the Ilizarov apparatus. The distal fibula is then slowly and progressively distracted laterally, and the bone is formed in the space between the distal fibula and tibia, creating synostosis with an increased distal bone cross-sectional surface area for improved function and prosthetic wear. The follow-up period was 24 months. Within 3 months, synostosis was formed, which increased the area of the supporting surface and allowed temporary and then permanent prosthetics. After 24 months, synostosis did not differ from the structure of tibial stump bones.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.