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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Cephalo-medullary nailing versus dynamic hip screw with trochanteric stabilisation plate for the treatment of unstable per-trochanteric hip fractures: a meta-analysis

Author

Country

Design

Level of evidence

No. of patients (CMN/DHS w/ TSP)

Age (mean)

Gender (M:F)

Follow-up

Classification system

Used functional score

Klinger 2005 [22]

Germany

Retrospective cohort

III

122/51

74

61/112

17

AO/OTA

The Merle d’Aubigné Hip Score

Madsen 1998 [11]

Norway

RCT

II

50/85

78.1/78.9

50/85

6

Evans and Zickels

Walking assessment (unaided, aided, unable)

Muller 2019 [23]

Germany

Retrospective cohort

III

200/100

82.6/83.6

200/100

24

AO/OTA

NR

Nuber 2003 [24]

Germany

Retrospective cohort

III

65/64

81/82

NR

6

AO/OTA

The Merle d’Aubigné Hip Score

Patil 2017 [25]

India

Prospective cohort

III

22/22

61.05

26/18

6

AO/OTA

Harris Hip Score

  1. CMN cephalo-medullary nail, DHS dynamic hip screw, TSP trochanteric stabilisation plate, M male, F female, No. number, RCT randomised controlled trial, NR not recorded, AO/OTA Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen/Orthopaedic Trauma Association