Table 1.
Characteristics of the included studies
| Study included | Country | Age, years (range, VLP/EF) |
Male (%) (VLP/EF) |
N (VLP/EF) |
Follow-up period (month) | AO classification (% of A/B/C) |
Intervention | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLP | EF | |||||||
| Egol, et al., 2008 [25] | United States |
52.2 (19–87)/ 49.9 (18–78) |
61/62 | 39/38 | 12 | 37/4/59 | VLP | Bridging EF ± K-wires |
| Wei, et al., 2009 [26] | United States |
61.0 ±18.0/ 55.0 ±16.0a |
25/28 | 12/22 | 12 | 45/0/55 |
Locked radial column plates and VLP |
Bridging EF ± K-wires |
| Wilcke, et al., 2011 [10] | Sweden |
55.0 (20–69)/ 56.0 (21–69) |
24/23 | 33/30 | 12 | 76/0/24 | VLP | Bridging EF ± K-wires |
| Jeudy, et al., 2012 [11] | France |
64.7 ±3.7/ 64.6 ±3.5a |
28/21 | 36/39 | 24 weeks | 0/0/100 | Volar fixed angle plates | Bridging EF ± K-wires |
| Gradl, et al., 2013 [27] | Germany | 63 (18–88) | 13 b | 52/50 | 12 | 61/0/39 | Volar fixed angle plates | Non-bridging EF ± K-wires |
| Karantana, et al., 2013 [29] | United Kingdom |
48.0 ±15.0/ 51.0 ±16.0a |
39/22 | 66/64 | 12 | 42/52/6 | VLP | Bridging EF ± K-wires |
| Williksen, et al., 2013 [28] | Norway | 54.0 (20–84) | 20 b | 52/59 | 52 weeks | 26/0/74 | Volar fixed angle plates | Bridging EF ± K-wires |
| Shukla, et al., 2014 [14] | India |
39.3 ±13.1/ 39.0 ±13.1a |
42/47 | 36/38 | 12 | NA | VLP | Bridging EF |
| Roh, et al., 2015 [15] | South Korea |
54.4 ±10.9 /55.3 ±11.2a |
70/64 | 48/62 | 12 | 0/0/100 | VLP | Bridging EF ± K-wires |
| Navarro, et al., 2016 [16] | Sweden |
63.0 (51.0–74.0)/ 63.0 (50.0–74.0) |
37/34 | 69/65 | 12 | 40/0/60 | VLP | Bridging EF ± K-wires |
| Chung, et al., 2019 [30] | United States |
67.3 ±6.2/ 69.5 ±8.4a |
15.4/7.8 | 65/64 | 12 | NA | VLP | Bridging EF |
| Hammer, et al., 2019 [17] | Norway |
56.0 ±10.5/ 54.0 ±12.4a |
30/33 | 84/82 | 12 | 0/0/100 | VLP | Bridging EF ± K-wires |
Abbreviations: EF external fixation, VLP volar locking plates, NA not available
ameans ± standard deviation
boverall results