Table 2.
Basic Characteristics of the study (RCT: Randomized Control Trial; UHN: Unreamed Humerus Nail; UOD: United Orthopaedic Device; MVN: Marchetti Vicenzi nail; RT: Russel Taylor nail; RTA: Road Traffic Accident).
| S. No. | Author | Type of study | Technique | Implant used | Number of patients | Gender (M/F) | Average age and SD in years | Mechanism of injury |
AO classification (A/B/C) | Average follow up | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTA | Fall | Assault | Others | ||||||||||
| 1. | Sharma | Prospective/RCT | Antegrade | – | 24 | 24/19 | 42.4 ± 1.8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | – | 12/4/8 | 2 years |
| Retrograde | – | 19 | 44.1 ± 2.4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | – | 9/6/4 | 2 years | ||||
| 2. | Scheerlink | Prospective/Case Series | Antegrade | UHN | 17 | 10/7 | 47.8 ± 21/5 | 9 | 8 | – | – | 5/10/2 | 1.6 years |
| Retrograde | MVN | 19 | 9/10 | 54.2 ± 23 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 9/9/1 | 2.2 years | |||
| 3. | Cheng | Prospective/RCT | Antegrade | UOD | 44 | 26/18 | 43.2 ± 19.3 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 28/13/3 | 18.6 months |
| Retrograde | UOD | 45 | 28/17 | 48.3 ± 21.4 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 36/7/2 | 19.8 months | |||
| 4. | Blum | Prospective/Case Series | Antegrade | UHN | 27 | 46/38 | 55.9 ± 18.5 | 45/30/9 | 1 year | ||||
| Retrograde | UHN | 57 | |||||||||||
| 5. | Liu | Prospective/Case Series | Antegrade | – | 69 | 67/25 | 37 ± 13.5 | 33/50/9 | 1 year | ||||
| Retrograde | 23 | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Yin | Prospective/Case Series | Antegrade | RT | 10 | 9/1 | 35.2 ± 10.1 | 3 | 6 | – | 1 | 3/2/5 | 26 months |
| Retrograde | RT | 8 | 5/3 | 37.2 ± 12.9 | 3 | 5 | – | – | 5/3/0 | 26 months | |||
| 7. | Reyes | Retrospective/Case Series | Antegrade | UHN | 9 | 17/5 | 50.4 ± 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 35 months |
| Retrograde | UHN | 13 | 46.6 ± 10.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 months | ||||