Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39190062›Full record

ArticleEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society2024

Compressive effect and collapse behavior of three different transsacral implants in sacral fragility fractures - a retrospective analysis of 106 cases.

C Fischer, F Klauke, P Schenk, H Bauerfeld, P Kobbe, T Mendel

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society, 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
–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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Percutaneous fixation of posterior pelvic ring lesions in the elderly: current evidence and recent advances.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026
    Review
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

6 authors.

C FischerDepartment of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Klinikum Bergmannstrost Halle gGmbH, Merseburger Strasse 165, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany. christian.fischer@bergmannstrost.de.
F KlaukeDepartment of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Klinikum Bergmannstrost Halle gGmbH, Merseburger Strasse 165, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
P SchenkDepartment of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Klinikum Bergmannstrost Halle gGmbH, Merseburger Strasse 165, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
H BauerfeldDepartment of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Klinikum Bergmannstrost Halle gGmbH, Merseburger Strasse 165, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
P KobbeDepartment of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Klinikum Bergmannstrost Halle gGmbH, Merseburger Strasse 165, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
T MendelDepartment of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Klinikum Bergmannstrost Halle gGmbH, Merseburger Strasse 165, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study were the retrospective evaluation of the compressive effect and complication rates of transsacral stabilization of osteoporosis-associated sacral fragility fractures in 106 patients using three different implants (6.0 mm sacral bar, n = 32; 7.3 mm screw, n = 26; 7.5 mm ISG-Rod System, n = 48) with regard to the image morphological and clinical-perioperative outcome.

methodsFor this purpose, the sacral width was determined preoperatively and postoperatively using multiplanar CT reconstructions and correlated with the measured bone density (HU). The results were compared with each other on an implant-specific basis.

resultsA significant compressive effect was found for all implants (6.0 mm sacral bar 7.1 ± 3.4 mm, 7.3 mm screw 6.9 ± 1.8 mm, 7.5 mm ISG-Rod System 8 ± 2.4 mm). No implant-specific difference in compression could be detected. Overall, the washers broke into the iliac cortex in 9% of cases. The subgroups did not differ significantly in this respect (6.0 mm sacral bar: 4 [13%], 7.3 mm screw 1 [1%], 7.5 mm ISG-Rod System (5 [10%], p = 0.581). A correlation between the degree of osteoporosis and the compressive effect could not be demonstrated. Significant implant-specific differences were found in the incision-suture time, with only ø0:39 ± 0:13 h required for implantation of the 7.5 mm ISG Rod System (6.0 mm sacral bar: ø1:09 ± 0:22 h, 7.3 mm screw: ø0:55 ± 0:20 h). The fluoroscopy time was significantly lower with the 7.3 mm screw (ø0:57 ± 0:23 min) and the 7.5 mm ISG Rod System (ø0:42 ± 00:17 min) than with the 6.0 mm sacral bar (ø1:36 ± 0:46 min).

conclusionA significant compressive effect was demonstrated with all three implants. No implant-specific complications or surgical site complications were identified in either the overall cohort or the subgroups. The 7.5 mm ISG Rod System shows advantages with regard to the duration of surgery and fluoroscopy.

Indexed as

Bone ScrewsFracture Fixation, InternalOsteoporotic FracturesSacrumAgedAged, 80 and overBone DensityFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSpinal FracturesTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeCompressive effectFragility fractures of the pelvisMarquardt rodSacroiliac screwTranssacral barTranssacral stabilization

Identifiers

PMID39190062
PMCPMC11666623

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
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.