Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies.

From: Comparative effectiveness research on proximal femoral nail versus dynamic hip screw in patients with trochanteric fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

Study

Fracture (stable/unstable/Mix)

Follow-up (months)

Number of patients (n)

Average age (Years)

Sex (M/F)

PFN(A)

DHS

PFN(A)

DHS

PFN(A)

DHS

Adeel K, 2020

Unstable

12

34

34

59.23

60.88

25/9

22/12

Huang SG, 2017

Unstable

12

30

30

75.07

74.01

15/30

17/13

Pajarinen J, 2005

Stable

4

54

54

80.9

80.3

13/41

14/40

Papasimos S, 2005

Unstable

12

40

40

79.4

81.4

17/23

14/26

Parker MJ, 2012

Mix

12

300

300

82.4

81.4

52/248

69/231

Saudan M, 2002

Mix

12

100

106

83.0

80.7

24/76

22/84

Sharma A, 2018

Stable

24

31

29

60.67

62.27

19/12

19/10

Singh NK, 2019

Stable

12

30

30

77.76

69.33

9/21

16/14

Xu YZ, 2010

Unstable

12

51

55

78.5

77.9

15/36

16/39

Yu WG, 2016

Stable

48

110

112

72.02

73.05

51/59

57/55

Zehir S, 2015

Unstable

6

96

102

77.22

76.86

37/59

39/63

Zou J, 2009

Mix

12

58

63

65.0

65.0

12/46

15/48