Table 3.

Previous studies assessing effect of time of surgery on outcomes of pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures

Ref.	Sample size	Groups	Results
Suganuma et al[19], 2020	120 Gartland type II and III SCHF	Surgeries within 12 h of injury and > 12 h	No difference in: Operative time; Early complications; Post-operative radiographic parameters
Aydoğmuş et al[18], 2017	91 Gartland type III SCHF	Daytime vs after hours surgery	Poor fixation rate in after hour surgery; No difference in operative time or residual deformity
Schmid et al[25], 2015	343 Gartland type II and III SCHF	Surgeries within 6 h, 6-12 h, 12-24 h and > 24 h from injury	No difference in: Outcome; Complications; Requiring open reduction
Mayne et al[26], 2014	115 Gartland type II and III SCHF	Surgeries within 12 h of injury and > 12 h	No difference in: Infection rate; Iatrogenic nerve injury; Requiring open reduction
Larson et al[27], 2014	399 Gartland type II SCHF	Surgeries within 24 h of injury and > 24 h	No difference in complication rate
Yildirim et al[28], 2009	190 Gartland type III SCHF	Time from injury to surgery	4 fold increase in requiring open reduction for each 5 hour delay
Walmsley et al[29], 2006	171 Gartland type III SCHF	Surgeries within 8 h of injury and > 8 h	No difference in complication rate; Higher risk of requiring open reduction in > 8 h group
Sibinski et al[30], 2006	77 Gartland type III SCHF	Surgeries within 12 h of injury and > 12 h	No difference in: Operative time; Outcome; Risk of open reduction
Gupta et al[20], 2004	150 operatively treated SCHF	Surgeries within 12 h of injury and > 12 h	No difference in: Pin tract infection; Iatrogenic nerve injury
Mehlman et al[15], 2001	198 operatively treated SCHF	Surgeries within 8 h of injury and > 8 h	No difference in: Pin tract infection; Iatrogenic nerve injury
Iyengar et al[31], 1999	58 Gartland type III SCHF	Surgeries within 8 h of injury and > 8 h	No difference in: Open reduction rate; Clinical outcomes

SCHF: Supracondylar humeral fractures.