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01-11-2017 | Original Article

Interventions for humeral shaft fractures: mixed treatment comparisons of clinical trials

Authors: Y. Zhao, J. Wang, W. Yao, Q. Cai, Y. Wang, W. Yuan, S. Gao

Published in: Osteoporosis International | Issue 11/2017

Abstract

Summary

We designed a study to compare the efficacy of five main therapeutic options, including external fixation, open reduction and plate osteosynthesis (ORPO), minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO), dynamic compression plate (DCP), and intramedullary nail (IMN) in treating humeral shaft fractures. Our results indicated that MIPO and IMN were recommended as the optimal treatments for clinical use.

Purpose

Nowadays, five main therapeutic options are used in treating humeral shaft fractures: external fixation, open reduction and plate osteosynthesis (ORPO), minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO), dynamic compression plate (DCP), and intramedullary nail (IMN). Aiming to provide reliable evidence for clinical selection, we designed a network meta-analysis (NMA) to evaluate the efficacy of these treatments.

Methods

NMA was conducted on Bayesian framework with software R 3.3.2 and STATA 13.0. Nonunion rate, radial nerve palsy rate, union time, complication rate, and infection rate were considered as primary outcomes. Mean operation time was the secondary outcome. The outcomes were measured by odds ratio (OR) value and corresponding 95% credible intervals (CrIs) or mean difference (MD) with 95% CrIs. Surface under cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) was calculated to show the ranking probability of each treatment.

Results

Our results indicated that ORPO had a higher risk of radial nerve palsy than MIPO (OR = 2.83, 95% CrIs = 1.28–6.23), and DCP had a better performance in preventing complications than IMN (OR = 0.31, 95% CrIs = 0.11–0.84); no other significant difference were observed. According to the SUCRA results, MIPO had a high-ranking probability in almost all outcomes, while external fixation had lowest values in the majority of outcomes.

Conclusions

We recommended MIPO as the optimal treatment for humeral shaft fractures after taking all outcomes into consideration; IMN was also recommended for its relatively good performance, but its complication still needed to be noticed.

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Title: Interventions for humeral shaft fractures: mixed treatment comparisons of clinical trials
Authors: Y. Zhao
J. Wang
W. Yao
Q. Cai
Y. Wang
W. Yuan
S. Gao
Publication date: 01-11-2017
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: Osteoporosis International / Issue 11/2017
Print ISSN: 0937-941X
Electronic ISSN: 1433-2965
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-017-4174-1

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Interventions for humeral shaft fractures: mixed treatment comparisons of clinical trials

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Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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