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Table 1.

Summary of the included studies

Study ID	Study design	OTA/AO classification	No. of patients		Female		Age		Treatment		Outcome measures	Follow-up
Study ID	Study design	OTA/AO classification	VLP	Nonoperation	VLP	Nonoperation	VLP	Nonoperation	VLP	Nonoperation	Outcome measures	Follow-up
Arora 2009	Retrospective	AC	53	61	36	42	75.9 ± 4.8	80.9 ± 5.7	ORIF	Casting	Range of motion, grip strength, DASH, radiographic assessment, complications	55 m
Arora 2011	RCT	AC	36	37	28	27	75.9 (65-88)	77.4 (65-89)	ORIF	Casting	Range of motion, grip strength, DASH, radiographic assessment, complications	12 m
Bartl 2014	RCT	C	86	88	77	76	75.3 ± 6.7	74.4 ± 7.1	ORIF	Casting	Range of motion, DASH, radiographic assessment, complications	12 m
Chan 2014	Retrospective	AC	40	35	34	30	71.5 ± 5.2	75.8 ± 9.3	ORIF	Casting	Range of motion, grip strength, DASH, radiographic assessment	12 m
Egol 2010	Retrospective	ABC	44	46	36	40	73 ± 6.2	76 ± 7.0	ORIF	Casting	Range of motion, grip strength, DASH, radiographic assessment, complications	12 m
Hung 2015	Retrospective	ABC	26	31	21	24	65	64	ORIF	Casting	Range of motion, grip strength, DASH, radiographic assessment, complications	12 m
Lutz 2014	Prospective	ABC	129	129	118	118	74 ± 5	74 ± 5	ORIF	Casting	Radiographic assessment, complications	12 m
Martinez-Mendez 2018	RCT	C	50	47	39	37	67 ± 8	70 ± 7	ORIF	Casting	Range of motion, grip strength, DASH, radiographic assessment, complications	24 m
Saving 2019	RCT	AC	58	64	55	56	80 (70-90)	78 (70-98)	ORIF	Plaster splint	Range of motion, grip strength, DASH, radiographic assessment, complications	12 m
SIRNIÖ 2019	RCT	AC	38	42	37	39	62 (50-79)	64 (50-82)	ORIF	Casting	Range of motion, grip strength, DASH, radiographic assessment, complications	24 m
Zengin 2019	Retrospective	C	25	24	18	17	66.6 ± 7.4	68.9 ± 8.7	ORIF	Casting	Range of motion, grip strength, DASH, radiographic assessment, complications	12 m