A not-so-systematic review

Affiliations

¹ Chief Medical Officer, Bioventus LLC, Durham, NC.
² Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Krankenhaus Wermelskirchen, Wermelskirchen, Germany.
³ Department of Orthopaedics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ.
⁴ Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
⁵ Assistant Professor and Chief Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁶ Project Professor, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Mineralized Tissues, Department of Oral Sciences, Kanagawa Dental University, Graduate School of Dentistry, Yokosuka, Japan.

Comment

Peter Heeckt et al. Can J Surg. 2014 Oct.

. 2014 Oct;57(5):E150-1.

doi: 10.1503/cjs.009514.

¹ Chief Medical Officer, Bioventus LLC, Durham, NC.
² Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Krankenhaus Wermelskirchen, Wermelskirchen, Germany.
³ Department of Orthopaedics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ.
⁴ Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
⁵ Assistant Professor and Chief Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁶ Project Professor, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Mineralized Tissues, Department of Oral Sciences, Kanagawa Dental University, Graduate School of Dentistry, Yokosuka, Japan.

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Comment in

A not-so-systematic review--the authors respond.
Ebrahim S, Mollon B, Bance S, Busse JW, Bhandari M. Ebrahim S, et al. Can J Surg. 2014 Oct;57(5):E152-3. doi: 10.1503/cjs.011014. Can J Surg. 2014. PMID: 25265120 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasonography versus electrical stimulation for fracture healing: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Ebrahim S, Mollon B, Bance S, Busse JW, Bhandari M. Ebrahim S, et al. Can J Surg. 2014 Jun;57(3):E105-18. doi: 10.1503/cjs.010113. Can J Surg. 2014. PMID: 24869616 Free PMC article.

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