Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42268401›Full record

ReviewOrthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany)2026

[Shock waves as a preventive impulse : New approaches to reducing surgical and postoperative complications, including tissue regeneration].

Rainer Mittermayr, Jörg Hausdorf, Wolfgang Schaden

Abstract readEnglish AbstractReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany), 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

3 authors.

Rainer MittermayrTraumazentrum Wien - Meidling, Kundratstraße 37, 1120, Wien, Österreich. rainer.mittermayr@auva.at.
Jörg HausdorfOrthopädiezentrum Harlaching, München, Deutschland.
Wolfgang SchadenLudwig Boltzmann Institut für Traumatologie, Wien, Österreich.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has evolved from its original use in the disintegration of kidney stones to become an innovative therapeutic modality in many different medical disciplines. While the focus used to be on treating existing pathologies, the literature now shows a growing interest in both prophylactic and preventive applications. This review systematizes the evidence for prophylactic ESWT strategies to prevent or minimize complications from surgical interventions. The article covers applications in orthopedics, dentistry, plastic surgery, and wound healing.

Indexed as

Extracorporeal Shockwave TherapyPostoperative ComplicationsRegenerationHumansWound HealingCost-effectivenessImproved outcomes of surgical proceduresPrevention and prophylaxisReduction of complicationsSupport for wound healing

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
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.