Table 2.
Optimal treatment choices: Meta-analyses, systematic reviews and studies.
| Fracture Type | Return Rate |
p value | Mean Return Time (wks) |
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Operative | Operative | Non-Operative | Operative | |||
| Tibial Diaphysis30 | 67% | 92% | p < 0.001 | 107.7 | 38.2 | p < 0.001 |
| 5th Metatarsal Base (Jones)31 | 72% | 99% | p < 0.001 | 13.1 | 9.6 | p < 0.001 |
| Scaphoid Waist32 | 90% | 98% | p < 0.045 | 9.6 | 7.3 | p < 0.002 |
| Displaced Middle-Third Clavicle33 | 93% | 99% | p < 0.027 | 21.5 | 9.4 | p < 0.001 |
| Metacarpal34 | 100% | 100% | n/a | 3.1 | 4.1 | n/a |
| Ankle35 | 100% | 87% | p < 0.016 | 20 | 35 | p < 0.001 |