Proximal Femoral Nail versus Dynamic Hip Screw Fixation for Trochanteric Fractures: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 4

Postoperative outcomes of the two groups.

Studies	Hospital stay (days)		Wound complication^b		Mortality^b		Reoperation^b
	PFN	DHS	PFN	DHS	PFN	DHS	PFN	DHS
Saudan et al. [23]	13±4	14±10	11 (11%)	10 (9.43%)	21 (21%)	17 (16.04%)	11 (11%)	6 (5.66%)
Pan et al. [24]	24.73±5.52	25.56±5.32	2 (6.67%)	4 (11.76%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Pajarinen et al. [18]	6.1±3.3	5.4±3.0	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	10 (18.52%)	11 (20.37%)	8 (14.81%)	11 (20.37%)
Giraud et al. [25]	11	11	NA	NA	2 (5.89%)	1 (3.85%)	3 (8.82%)	0 (0%)
Papasimos et al. [26]	8.8	9.9	4 (10%)	5 (12.5%)	1 (2.5%)	1 (2.5%)	5 (12.5%)	3 (7.5%)
Liu et al. [27]	14±8.1	15±8.3	6 (8.70%)	2 (3.08%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Huang et al. [17]	12±5.1	11±4.3	5 (10.42%)	3 (6.25%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Parker et al. [28]	21.2 (1–408)	18.7 (1–141)	6 (2%)	9 (3%)	85 (28.33%)	85 (28.33%)	5 (1.67%)	13 (4.33%)

^bThe intention-to-treat analysis (ITT) was used in the analysis to reduce the withdrawal bias.
NA: not available.