Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41446309›Full record

ArticleJournal of hand surgery global online2026

Wrist and Hand Melorheostosis: Case Report With Surgical Consideration.

Hussain Algawahmed, Abdulaziz Fahad Altammami

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of hand surgery global online, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

2 authors.

Hussain AlgawahmedConsultant Hand & Upper Extremity Sub specialist, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz Fahad AltammamiDepartment of Orthopaedics, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melorheostosis is a rare, sporadic, benign bone disorder with an unclear cause. We present a case report of a 34-year-old man with chronic deformity secondary to melorheostosis. He complained of deformity and limited range of motion affecting his functionality. Surgical debulking of the sclerotic lesion was performed. The clinical outcome was satisfactory with no signs of recurrence at 9-months follow-up.

Indexed as

Case ReportClinical OutcomeMelorheostosisSurgical InterventionWrist Deformity

Identifiers

PMID41446309
PMCPMC12723378

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.