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1. Metacarpal Bone Fracture/ 2. boxer$ fracture$.tw. 3. or/1‐2 4. little finger$.tw. 5. metacarp$.tw. 6. (fifth adj3 finger$).tw. 7. or/4‐6 8. Fracture/ 9. fracture$.tw. 10. or/8‐9 11. and/7,10 12. or/3,11 13. exp Randomized Controlled trial/ 14. exp Double Blind Procedure/ 15. exp Single Blind Procedure/ 16. exp Crossover Procedure/ 17. Controlled Study/ 18. or/13‐17 19. ((clinical or controlled or comparative or placebo or prospective$ or randomi#ed) adj3 (trial or study)).tw. 20. (random$ adj7 (allocat$ or allot$ or assign$ or basis$ or divid$ or order$)).tw. 21. ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj7 (blind$ or mask$)).tw. 22. (cross?over$ or (cross adj1 over$)).tw. 23. ((allocat$ or allot$ or assign$ or divid$) adj3 (condition$ or experiment$ or intervention$ or treatment$ or therap$ or control$ or group$)).tw. 24. or/19‐23 25. or/18,24 26. limit 25 to human 27. and/12,26