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. 2015 Aug 25;10(8):e0136477. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136477

Table 2. Pooled results for ulnar side of branching, Lanz group 2, 3, and 4.

Study Type n = Ulnar side of branching n = (%) Lanz group 2 n = (%) Lanz group 3 n = (%) Lanz group 4 n = (%)
Agarwal 2014 [2] C 52 2 (3.8%) 6 (11.5%) 1 (1.9%)
Planitzer 2013 [30] C 21 3 (14.3%)
Mizia 2012 [8] C 60 2 (3.3%)
Alizadeh 2006 [16] C 60 7 (11.7%) 11 (18.3%) 11 (18.3%)
Caetano 2006 [19] C 30 3 (10.0%)
Sacks 2006 [32] C 48 0 (0.0%)
Barbe 2005 [18] C 75 0 (0.0%) 2 (2.7%) 0 (0.0%)
Eskandari 2005 [20] IO 37 0 (0.0%)
Ahn 2000 [7] IO 354 4 (1.1%) 1 (0.3%)
Kozin 1998 [24] C 101 0 (0.0%)
Hurwitz 1996 [22] IO 74 1 (1.4%)
Olave 1996 [27] C 60 1 (1.7%)
Mackinnon1988 [25] C 50 0 (0.0%) 1 (2.0%)
Tountas 1987 [37] IO 286 5 (1.7%) 2 (0.7%) 6 (2.1%) 6 (2.1%)
Tountas 1987 [37] C 92 0 (0.0%) 2 (2.2%) 0 (0.0%)
Falconer 1984 [21] C 10 2 (20.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Mumford 1986 [26] C 20 0 (0.0%)
Perneczky 1980 [9] C 163 3 (1.8%) 8 (4.9%)
Lanz 1977 [1] IO 246 18 (7.3%) 7 (2.8%) 4 (1.6%)
Pooled prevalence 2.1%(95%CI:0.9%- 3.6%) 4.6%(95%CI: 1.6%- 9.1%) 2.6%(95%CI: 0.1%- 2.8%) 2.3%(95%CI: 0.3%- 5.6%)

C- cadaveric, IO—intraoperative.