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ReviewTrauma surgery & acute care open2025

To fix or let them flail: the who, what and when of rib fixation.

John T Simpson, Adrian Camarena, Patrick Georgoff, Joseph Fernandez-Moure

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Review in Trauma surgery & acute care open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

John T SimpsonGeneral Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1081-5049
Adrian CamarenaDepartment of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Patrick GeorgoffDuke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Joseph Fernandez-MoureDepartment of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

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

Rib fractures occur in 10% of traumatic injuries and are a common source of morbidity and mortality. Mortality rates for rib fractures remain alarmingly high. Despite increasing literature in support of surgical stabilization of rib fracture (SSRF), acceptance and incorporation of SSRF as the standard of care has not occurred across trauma centers. This expert review highlights the 'who, what and when' of SSRF and argues for SSRF as the gold standard for the restoration of form and function following chest wall injury.

Indexed as

pain managementrib fracturesRibsThoracic Injuries

Identifiers

PMID40400729
PMCPMC12094122

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