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Table 5 Sensitivity analyses based on various exclusion criteria for total complication

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

Excluded trial

No. of trials

MD (95 % CI)

P value for MD

I 2, %

P value for heterogeneity

Smejkal 2011

4 [6, 11, 12, 16]

0.06 (−3.72, 3.84)

0.97

44

0.15

Zhu 2011

4 [11–13, 16]

−1.76 (−4.51, 0.99)

0.21

0

0.77

Gradl 2009

4 [6, 12, 13, 16]

0.52 (−2.96, 4.00)

0.77

33

0.22

Matziolis 2010

4 [6, 11, 13, 16]

−0.39 (−3.58, 2.80)

0.81

37

0.19

Konrad 2012

4 [6, 11–13]

0.85 (−2.90, 4.60)

0.66

22

0.28

  1. CI confidence interval, MD mean difference
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