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Table 2. Results for improvement of SD versus UNT.

Study	Intervention	Controls	Odds ratio	95% CI	z	p -Value	Weight (%)
Study	Intervention	Controls	Odds ratio	95% CI	z	p -Value	Fixed	Random
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; DF, degree of freedom; SD, simple decompression; UNT, ulnar nerve transposition.
Kamat	161/179	266/301	1.177	0.645–2.147			17.67	17.67
Bacle	42/44	238/262	2.118	0.482–9.297			2.92	2.92
Sousa	43/64	23/33	0.890	0.359–2.206			7.76	7.76
Mitsionis	26/31	23/37	3.165	0.987–10.149			4.70	4.70
Keiner	16/17	14/16	2.286	0.187–27.996			1.02	1.02
Biggs	17/23	19/21	0.298	0.0529–1.681			2.14	2.14
Bartels	49/75	54/77	0.803	0.406–1.587			13.75	13.75
Asamoto	11/12	52/60	1.692	0.192–14.945			1.35	1.35
Gervasio	28/35	29/35	0.828	0.247–2.769			4.38	4.38
Taha	10/21	10/17	0.636	0.175–2.314			3.83	3.83
Bimmler	17/31	35/48	0.451	0.174–1.168			7.05	7.05
Davies	49/54	71/76	0.690	0.190–2.512			3.83	3.83
Barrios	5/7	34/46	0.882	0.151–5.165			2.05	2.05
Adelaar	1/7	7/30	0.548	0.0560–5.353			1.23	1.23
Foster	27/29	17/19	1.588	0.204–12.359			1.52	1.52
Chan	94/115	99/120	0.949	0.487–1.851			14.33	14.33
MacNicol	18/42	20/38	0.675	0.279–1.632			8.20	8.20
Paine	41/52	9/11	0.828	0.156–4.402			2.29	2.29
Total (fixed effects)	655/838	1020/1247	0.928	0.725–1.188	–0.592	0.554	100.0	100.0
Total (random effects)	655/838	1020/1247	0.916	0.712–1.180	–0.679	0.497	100.0	100.0
Test for heterogeneity
Q	12.4499
DF	17
Significance level	p = 0.7722
I ² (inconsistency)	0.00%
95% CI for I ²	0.00–31.74