Comparative efficacy and safety of medical treatments for proximal humerus fractures: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Various surgical techniques and conservative therapies are useful tools for treating proximal humerus fractures (PHFs), but it is important to understand how to properly utilize them. Therefore, we performed a systematic review and network meta-analysis to compare and rank the efficacy and safety of medical treatments for PHF.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and the ClinicalTrials.gov databases were systematically searched for eligible randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from inception until June 2022. Conservative therapy-controlled or head-to-head RCTs of open reduction internal fixation (ORIF), intramedullary nailing (IMN), hemiarthroplasty (HA), and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) used for the treatment of adult patients with PHF were

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10759392 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature