Factors determining outcome of corrective osteotomy for malunited paediatric forearm fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to identify predictors of a superior functional outcome after corrective osteotomy for paediatric malunited radius and both-bone forearm fractures. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data, searching databases up to 1 October 2016. Our primary outcome was the gain in pronosupination seen after corrective osteotomy. Individual participant data of 11 cohort studies were included, concerning 71 participants with a median age of 11 years at trauma. Corrective osteotomy was performed after a median of 12 months after trauma, leading to a mean gain of 77° in pronosupination after a median follow-up of 29 months. Analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis revealed that predictors of superior functional outcome after cor

SUBMITTER: Roth KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5598749 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature