ArticleBMC surgery2024
Analysis of the efficacy of triple-channel minimally invasive knee arthroscopy in treating popliteal cysts in children.
Article in BMC surgery, 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.
- A modified surgical technique for children recurrent popliteal cyst: the repair method of using medial head of gastrocnemius tendon flap.Frontiers in pediatrics · 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
4 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to investigate a technique for treating pediatric popliteal cysts with a triple-channel knee arthroscopic approach, hypothesizing that this technique exhibits favorable clinical outcomes with reduced recurrence rates.
methodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 14 patients with symptomatic pediatric popliteal cysts admitted to the joint surgery center using an arthroscopic minimally invasive technique from December 2017 to December 2020. Arthroscopy was employed for adequate enlargement of the posterior medial flap opening between the cyst and the joint cavity and to completely resect the cyst wall. The popliteal cyst recurrence was assessed through Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) at 3 and 12 months post-surgery, and the Rauschning and Lindgren scores were recorded to evaluate the clinical prognosis.
resultsA total of 14 children completed the follow-up, including 8 boys and 6 girls, with a mean age of 9.9 ± 1.1 years (5-12 years); 5 cases in the left knee and 9 cases in the right knee; the mean operative time was 19.2 ± 2.7 min (10-25 min); and the mean follow-up time was 15.1 ± 2.4 months (12-24 months). There was no intraoperative vascular or nerve injury and no incisional exudate infection. Postoperatively, posterior knee symptoms disappeared in the children, Rauschning and Lindgren scores significantly improved, and no recurrence signs were observed on MRI.
conclusionsThis study determined that the arthroscopic three-channel minimally invasive technique is effective and safe for treating popliteal cysts in children, making it worthy of clinical promotion.
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.