| AVN | Avascular necrosis |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| DVT | Deep vein thrombosis |
| FU | Follow-up |
| IMN | Intramedullary nailing |
| I2 | Measure of heterogeneity |
| LD | Linear dichroism |
| MD | Mean difference |
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PF | Plate fixation |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RCT | Randomized controlled trial |
| RoB 2.0 | Revised Cochrane Risk of Bias tool for Randomized Trials |
| ROM | Range of motion |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| TLA | Three-letter acronym |
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