Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40802491›Full record

ArticleThe journal of trauma and acute care surgery2025

Chest Wall Injury Society guidelines for surgical stabilization of rib fractures: Indications, contraindications, and timing.

Zachary M Bauman, Yuqian Tian, Andrew R Doben, Sebastian D Schubl, Fredric M Pieracci, Adam J Kaye, Christopher W Towe, Bhavik Patel, Susan Kartiko, Sarah Ann Whitbeck and 2 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article 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 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing 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

16 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. 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
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Observational
  6. Review
  7. Lung hernia: an updated narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures: Current Evidence and Considerations for Posterior Rib Fractures.Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2026
    Review
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. AnFrontiers in veterinary science · 2026
    Article
  16. Article
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

12 authors.

Zachary M BaumanFrom the Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery and Critical Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (Z.M.B., Y.T.), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; Division of Acute Care Surgery (A.R.D.), St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts; Department of Surgery (S.D.S.), Irvine School of Medicine, University of California, Orange, California; Denver Health Medical Center (F.M.P.), Denver, Colorado; Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (A.J.K.), St. Mary's Medical Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania; University Hospitals (C.W.T.), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; Gold Coast University Hospital (B.P.), Queensland, Australia; Department of Surgery (S.K., B.S.), The George Washington University SMHS, Washington, DC; Chest Wall Injury Society (S.A.W.), Salt Lake City, Utah; and Division of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (T.W.W.), Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.ORCID 0000-0001-9409-2193
Yuqian Tian
Andrew R Doben
Sebastian D Schubl
Fredric M Pieracci
Adam J Kaye
Christopher W Towe
Bhavik Patel
Susan Kartiko
Sarah Ann Whitbeck
Babak Sarani
Thomas W White

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID40802491
PMCPMC12893141

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.