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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Intramedullary sealing with a bone plug in total knee arthroplasty to reduce blood loss: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Author

Year

Study type

Size

Cases

Age

Sex (F/M)

Type of prosthesis

Plug

No plug

Plug

No plug

Plug

No plug

Kumar et al. [7]

2000

RCTs

120

65

55

NA

NA

NA

NA

Cemented

Ko et al. [12]

2003

RCTs

262

128

134

NA

NA

98/30

100/34

Cemented

Torres-Claramunt et al. [6]

2014

RCTs

134

67

67

72.4

71.8

49/18

47/20

Cemented

Li et al. [5]

2017

RCTs

120

60

60

66.1

65.4

46/14

45/15

Cemented