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GuidelineThe journal of trauma and acute care surgery2025

Chest Wall Injury Society recommendations for long-term follow-up after nonoperatively and operatively managed traumatic rib and sternal fractures.

Joseph D Forrester, Muhammad Saad Choudhry, Joseph Fernandez-Moure, Jason Kurle, Bhavik Patel, Jamie Tung, Susan Kartiko

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Guideline in The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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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. From rib fixation to dynamic chest wall reconstruction: historical lessons for modern surgical stabilization of rib fractures.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Joseph D ForresterFrom the Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery (J.D.F., J.T.), Stanford University, Stanford, California; Department of Surgery (M.S.C.), Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan; Division of Trauma, Acute and Critical Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (J.F.-M.), Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Surgery (J.K.), Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; Princess Alexandra Hospital (B.P.), Gold Coast University, Queensland, Australia; and Center for Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery (S.K.), George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC.ORCID 0000-0002-8558-6180
Muhammad Saad Choudhry
Joseph Fernandez-Moure
Jason Kurle
Bhavik Patel
Jamie Tung
Susan Kartiko

Funding

Resorbable, Phsophorylated Poly(ester urea) Surgical Adhesive to Enhance Fracture HealingK08AR079609 · NIAMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI FERNANDEZ-MOURE, JOSEPH S. · 2021 to 2025
$835k
NIAMS NIH HHS K08 AR079609NIAMS NIH HHS L30 AR083193
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

level of evidenceSystematic Review/Meta-analysis; Level IV.

Indexed as

Fractures, BoneRib FracturesSternumThoracic InjuriesFollow-Up StudiesHumans

Identifiers

PMID39670823
PMCPMC12365853

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