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ArticleEFORT open reviews2026

Assessment of 'spin' in the abstracts of systematic reviews in leading orthopaedic surgery journals over the past 10 years: a cross-sectional methodological study.

Praveen Sritharan, Varun Jain, Matthew Cecere, Darius Luke Lameire, Jaskarndip Chahal, David Wasserstein, Amit Atrey, Amir Khoshbin

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Article in EFORT open reviews, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Praveen SritharanDivision of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2870-5550
Varun JainDeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University , Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Matthew CecereTemerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Darius Luke LameireDivision of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jaskarndip ChahalDivision of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
David WassersteinDivision of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Amit AtreyDivision of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Amir KhoshbinDivision of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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conclusionLEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.

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biasmisrepresentation of dataorthopaedicsquality assurancereporting qualityspin

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PMID42684946
PMCPMC13548304

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