| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| ACTRN12610000948099 | The registration for the RCT was withdrawn in February 2016. We did not identify the other trial registration. |
| Bernstein 2007 | Design of study not relevant: letter |
| Bohme 2011 | Design of study not relevant: not a RCT or quasi‐RCT |
| Bravo 2009 | Design of study not relevant: narrative review |
| Dugar 2013 | Participants of study not relevant: a quasi‐RCT that also included participants with medial and lateral third clavicle fractures (16.6%) and did not report results separately |
| Jones 2014 | Design of study not relevant: not a RCT or quasi‐RCT: treatment method was based on surgeon choice |
| Jubel 2002 | Design of study not relevant: retrospective comparative study |
| Jubel 2005 | Design of study not relevant: not a RCT or quasi‐RCT ‐ participants could choose the intervention |
| Khorami 2014 | Design of study not relevant: not a RCT or quasi‐RCT ‐ participants could choose the intervention |
| Kulshrestha 2011 | Design of study not relevant: not a RCT or quasi‐RCT ‐ participants could choose the intervention |
| Madhukar 2015 | Design of study not relevant: retrospective comparative study |
| Malkoc 2016 | Design of study not relevant: retrospective comparative study |
| McIntosh 2016 | Design of study not relevant: narrative review |
| McKee 2010b | Design of study not relevant: narrative review |
| NCT00642265 | This study, which was registered in the ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00642265, was listed as an ongoing trial in the 1st version of the review. It planned to compare osteosynthesis versus sling, with a start date of April 2008 and end date July 2015. However, the contact author reported that for a variety of reasons the trial was ended and no data are available. |
| NCT01311219 | The registration for a multicentre trial was withdrawn before enrolment because it is "a duplicate study". We did not identify the other trial registration. |
| Parry 2017 | Design of study not relevant: retrospective comparative study |
| Shukla 2014 | Design of study not relevant: case control study |
| Simon 2010 | Design of study not relevant: narrative review |
| Smekal 2011 | Design of study not relevant: not a RCT or quasi‐RCT |
RCT: randomised controlled trial