Meta-analysis of locking plate versus intramedullary nail for treatment of proximal humeral fractures

Table 4 Sensitivity analyses based on various exclusion criteria for total complication

Excluded trial	No. of trials	No. of patients	Plate group	Nail group	RR (95 % CI)	P value for RR	I ², %	P value for heterogeneity
Zhu 2011	7 [11–17]	564	99 of 322	68 of 242	1.06 (0.80, 1.41)	0.68	5	0.39
Smejkal 2011	7 [6, 11, 12, 14–17]	560	96 of 320	60 of 240	1.05 (0.69, 1.60)	0.80	41	0.12
Gradl 2009	7 [2, 12–17]	463	85 of 272	52 of 191	1.03 (0.67, 1.58)	0.91	39	0.13
Matziolis 2010	7 [6, 11, 13–17]	593	103 of 337	65 of 256	1.08 (0.73,1.60)	0.70	41	0.12
Trepat 2011	7 [6, 11–13, 15–17]	586	102 of 334	59 of 252	1.22 (0.90, 1.65)	0.20	5	0.39
Lekic 2012	7 [6, 11–14, 16, 17]	592	103 of 336	64 of 256	1.12 (0.76, 1.64)	0.56	37	0.15
Konrad 2012	7 [6, 11–15, 17]	404	59 of 195	57 of 209	0.99 (0.66, 1.47)	0.95	30	0.20
Von 2014	7 [6, 11–16]	543	102 of 320	58 of 223	1.13 (0.77, 1.65)	0.53	36	0.15

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