Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28772388›Full record

ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2017

An Overview of Scaffold Design and Fabrication Technology for Engineered Knee Meniscus.

Jie Sun, Sanjairaj Vijayavenkataraman, Hang Liu

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In one paragraph

Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Collagen-Based Scaffolds for Meniscal Repair and Regeneration.Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine · 2025
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  16. Regenerative Medicine for Equine Musculoskeletal Diseases.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021
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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 at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Jie SunDepartment of Industrial Design, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China. jie.sun@xjtlu.edu.cn.
Sanjairaj VijayavenkataramanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore. vijayavenkataraman@u.nus.edu.
Hang LiuNational University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Insititute, Suzhou 215123, China. Hang.Liu12@student.xjtlu.edu.cn.
National University of Singapore · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current surgical treatments for meniscal tears suffer from subsequent degeneration of knee joints, limited donor organs and inconsistent post-treatment results. Three clinical scaffolds (Menaflex CMI, Actifit

Indexed as

additive manufacturingmeniscal scaffoldscaffold design and fabrication

Identifiers

PMID28772388
PMCPMC5344568
OpenAlexW2562821607

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