Review Article
The Role of Fibular Fixation in Distal Tibia-Fibula Fractures: A Meta-Analysis
Table 2
Results of the risk of bias assessment.
| Study | Randomized adequately | Allocation concealed | Patient blinded | Care provider blinded | Outcome assessor blinded | Acceptable dropout rate | ITT analysis | Avoided selective reporting | Similar baseline | Similar on avoided cofactor | Patient compliance | Similar timing | Total score | Risk of bias |
| Francesco et al. [23] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Low | Michael et al. [21] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Low | Mohammad et al. [22] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Low | Benjamin et al. [26] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Low | Berlusconi et al. [20] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Low | Manish et al. [24] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Low | Rouhani et al. [25] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Low |
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