Table 4.
Summary of results.
| Paper | Operative nonunion | Operative delayed union | Non- operative nonunion | Non- operative delayed union | Operative infection | Non- operative Infection | Operative nerve palsy | Operative iatrogenic nerve palsy | Non- operative nerve palsy | Non- operative iatrogenic nerve palsy | Operative PROMS | Non-operative PROMS | Operative Malunion | Non- operative Malunion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firat et al. | – | 4/66 | – | 0/66 | 3/66 | 0/62 | − 11 explored and fixeda | – | – | – | Constant Shoulder 85.6 plate, 74 nail Mayo elbow 95.7 plate, 89.2 elbow | Constant Shoulder 92.4 Mayo elbow 96.9 | 0/66 | 19/62 |
| Harkin and Large | 1/27 | 9/27 | 4/80 18/80 converted to surgery | 10/80 | No data | No data | 5/43 | 4/43 | 7/80 | 0/80 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Jawa et al. | 0/19 | – | 0/21 | – | 1/19 | 0/21 | 7/19 | 3/19 | 2/21 | 0/21 | – | – | 0/19 | 3/21 |
| Mahabier et al. | – | 18/95 | – | 18/91 | – | 5/95 | 4/95 | 8/91 | 0/91 | |||||
| Matsunaga et al. | 0/58 | – | 7/52 | – | 1/58 | 0/52 | 0/58 | 2/58 | 0/52 | 0/52 | 6 m DASH 10.9 | 6 m DASH 16.9 | 0/58 | 1/52 symptomatic |
| Wallny et al. | 0/45 | – | 2/44 | – | 2/45 | 0/44 | 6/45 | 1/45 | 6/44 | 0/44 | 85.4 ‘Wulker’ et al. score | 90.8 ‘Wulker’ et al. score | – measure only axial shortening | – no time frames specified |
| Westrick et al. | 22/214 | – | 16/69 | – | 8/214 | 0/69 | 2/214 | 2/214 | 14/69 | 0/69 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 23/363 | 31/188 | 47/266 | 28/237 | 15/402 | 0/248 | 25/474 | 16/474 | 0/357 | 0/143 | 23/135 |
aRandomised controlled trial.