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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Association of hardware removal with secondary osteonecrosis following femoral neck fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Author

year

Study design

No. of patients

Age range (years)

Implant type

Follow-up (months)

Adjusted covariates

1

Ai et al. [2]

2012

Retrospective

99

45–85

Cannulated screws

28–60

Age, displacement of fractures, quality of reduction, removal of implants

2

Chang et al. [13]

2019

Case control

102

50–60

Internal fixation without restriction

12–16

Reduction quality, emergency room to operating room (< 6 h or  6 h), removal of implant

3

Pei et al. [9]

2020

Retrospective

250

18–60

Hollow compression screws

12–180

Type of fracture, the quality of reduction, the removal of internal fixation, BMI, and ASA classification

4

Wang C et al. [10]

2015

Retrospective

150

20–80

Cannulated

screws

34–41

Garden classification, displacement of center of femoral head, displacement of deepest of femoral head foveae, rotational displacement

5

Wang T et al. [5]

2014

Retrospective

146

18–68

Cannulated cancellous screws

84

Garden classification, reduction quality, preoperative traction, and implant removal