Corrective derotation osteotomies to treat congenital radioulnar synostosis in children: results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The primary objective of this review is to estimate the rotational correction after corrective derotation osteotomies (CDO) for congenital radioulnar synostosis (CRUS). The secondary objective of this review is to identify the complications with CDO in CRUS.

Methods

We included studies in the English literature from electronic bibliographic databases Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), CINAHL, Directory of Open access journals (DOAJ), EMBASE, MEDLINE, ProQuest, PubMed, and Scopus up to December 2020 that determined the effects of CDO in CRUS for two or more cases with a mean follow-up of 1 year or more. We used the National Institutes of health quality assessment tool for case series (interventional) and Modified Coleman methodology Score for

SUBMITTER: Nema SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9043082 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature