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SynthesisJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2022

Efficacy and safety of tension band wire versus plate for Mayo II olecranon fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Yizhen Jia, Aifeng Liu, Tianci Guo, Jixin Chen, Weijie Yu, Jingbo Zhai

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Synthesis in Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 2022. 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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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yizhen Jia *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Aifeng Liu *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China. draifeng@163.com.
Tianci GuoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Jixin ChenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Weijie YuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Jingbo ZhaiInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China. zhaijingbo@foxmail.com.
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

Aifeng Liu 81873316
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeFor olecranon fractures, the choice of tension band wire (TBW) or plate fixation has long been controversial. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TBW and plate in the treatment of patients with Mayo II olecranon fractures by Meta-analysis.

methodsPubMed, Embase, Cochrane, the Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, and China Biomedical Database were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and cohort studies (CSs) where TBW was compared with plate for Mayo II olecranon fractures (OF). Subsequently, the data were extracted by two reviewers independently and were analysed via RevMan5.4.1. Besides, mean difference (MD), risk ratio (RR), and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Furthermore, Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool 2.0 and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale were adopted for assessing the risk of bias.

resultsA total of 1RCT and 10 CSs were included, when 449 cases were treated with TBW and 378 with plate. The plate has favourable postoperative long-term (≥ 1 year) functional score in MEPS (MD: - 3.06; 95% CI - 5.50 to 0.62; P = 0.01; I

conclusionsPlate has better efficacy and safety for Mayo II OF. Considering that few studies are included in the meta-analysis, more high-quality RCTs are still required to confirm these findings. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42022313855.

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Olecranon ProcessUlna FracturesBone PlatesBone WiresFracture Fixation, InternalHumansTreatment OutcomeMeta-analysisOlecranon fracturePlateTension band wire

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