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ArticleOncotarget2018

Network meta-analysis of surgical treatment for unstable femoral intertrochanteric fractures.

He-Hui Wang, Wu-Bin Shu, Guan-Hua Lan, Xiao-Bo Zhang, Zhi-Qiang Jiang, De-Hong Xu, Xue-Xun Bao, A-Bing Li

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Article in Oncotarget, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

He-Hui WangDepartment of Orthopedics, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315100, China.
Wu-Bin ShuDepartment of Orthopedics, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315100, China.
Guan-Hua LanDepartment of Orthopedics, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315100, China.
Xiao-Bo ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315100, China.
Zhi-Qiang JiangDepartment of Orthopedics, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315100, China.
De-Hong XuDepartment of Orthopedics, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315100, China.
Xue-Xun BaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315100, China.
A-Bing LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315100, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this network meta-analysis, we determined the optimal surgical method for treating unstable femoral intertrochanteric fractures. We searched the EMBASE, Cochrane Library and Medline databases for studies evaluating sliding hip screws (SHS), gamma nail (GN) or proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA) methods, and included nine randomized controlled trials that met the inclusion criteria. Our analysis showed no differences in the rates of complications between SHS and PFNA relative to GN (

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gamma nailnetwork meta-analysisproximal femoral nail antirotationsliding hip screwsunstable femoral intertrochanteric fractures

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PMID29844880
PMCPMC5963620

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