Association between distal radius fracture malunion and patient-reported disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess whether distal radius fracture (DRF) malunion is associated with greater patient-reported disability.

Methods

We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases up to 21 May 2023. Two reviewers independently screened retrieved titles/abstracts and assessed the full text of potentially eligible articles to identify cohort studies and randomized controlled trials reporting outcomes of DRF in adults at least 12 months after fracture, confirmed radiologically 3 months or longer after fracture. We excluded studies not reporting patient-reported outcomes according to malunion and studies judged to have a high risk of bias, as assessed independently by two reviewers using the Quality In Prognosis Studies tool. To express the overall effect of malunion on patient-r

SUBMITTER: Ali M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11619723 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature