Research Article
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 complicationb | Mortalityb | Reoperationb | PFN | DHS | PFN | DHS | PFN | DHS | PFN | DHS |
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Saudan et al. [23] | | | 11 (11%) | 10 (9.43%) | 21 (21%) | 17 (16.04%) | 11 (11%) | 6 (5.66%) |
Pan et al. [24] | | | 2 (6.67%) | 4 (11.76%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Pajarinen et al. [18] | | | 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] | | | 6 (8.70%) | 2 (3.08%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Huang et al. [17] | | | 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%) |
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bThe intention-to-treat analysis (ITT) was used in the analysis to reduce the withdrawal bias. NA: not available.
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