Table 1.

Description of the studies included in the meta-analysis.

Authors	Year	Case No.	Fractures	Age (years)	Gender (male/female)	Follow-up (months)
Davidovitch et al15	2011	20	21	43	12/8	12
		26	26	39	17/9
Duan et al23	2014	12	12	23–67	7/5	36
		11	11	21–64	7/4
Guo et al20	2015	26	26	41.2 ± 9.6	8/18	12
		52	52	40.7 ± 10.1	14/38
Harris et al21	2006	16	16	57.6	7/9	26
		60	63	40.6	38/22
Huang25	2013	33	33	36.5 ± 18.5	23/10	36
		43	43	35.5 ± 17.5	25/18
Pan24	2013	22	22	40.5 ± 23.5	13/9	24
		31	31	41.5 ± 22.5	19/12
Richards et al12	2012	27	27	46.96 ± 13.1	NR	12
		18	18	40.66 ± 13.3	NR
Wang et al19	2010	29	29	37.2 ± 10.9	26/3	24
		27	27	40.1 ± 10.7	25/2
Xiao et al22	2005	22	22	18–65	14/8	16
		20	20	23–54	12/8