Table III.
Complications from included prospective trials in the meta-analysis between ORIF and RHA in Mason 3 fractures.
| First author, year | Non-union (n) |
Infection (n) |
HO (n) |
Stiffness (n) |
Others∗ (n) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORIF | RHA | ORIF | RHA | ORIF | RHA | ORIF | RHA | ORIF | RHA | |
| Chen et al,6 2011 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Ruan et al,29 2009 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chen et al,5 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
HO, Heterotopic Ossification; ORIF, open reduction internal fixation; RHA, radial head arthroplasty.
∗
Included: Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis, Elbow’s Range of Motion limitation, K-wires loosening.