Cui X, Liang L, Zhang H, Li Y, Cheng H, Liu G, Cheng Y, Du Y, Liu J, Wang Z, Tian Y. The effectiveness and safety of plaster splint and splints for distal radius fractures: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Medicine (Baltimore) 2020;
99:e19211. [PMID:
32118722 PMCID:
PMC7478763 DOI:
10.1097/md.0000000000019211]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
To assess the efficacy and safety of plaster splint vs splints in the treatment of distal radius fractures (DRFs).
METHODS
For a more comprehensive collection of original study, we mainly searched 9 electronic databases including the PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Clinical Trials.gov, the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure Database (CNKI), Wanfang Database, and VIP Database. The retrieval date of all databases is from the establishment to January 2019. In the aspect of assessing the quality of original research methodology, we mainly rely on the Cochrane risk bias assessment tool and GRADE assessment method. Revman 5.3 is used for statistical analysis.
RESULTS
A total of 8 studies involving 717 participants were included. The results showed that effective rate (RR = 0.99, 95%CI 0.91 to 1.07, P = .83), reduction rate (RR = 1.00, 95%CI 0.93 to 1.07, P = .98), and complication rate of the plaster splint had no significant difference with the splint. In addition, for the excellent rate of treatment, subgroup analysis based on the included studies found that when the intervention period was 4 weeks, the plaster splint was better than the splint, and when the intervention period was more than 4 weeks, there was no significant difference between them.
CONCLUSIONS
There is no sufficient evidence that plaster splint is superior to splint. However, according to current evidence, plaster splint is more effective than splint when the intervention period is shorter (4 weeks), and its advantage disappears when the intervention period is longer (> 4 weeks). It should be noted that the results of this study were influenced by the sample size and the quality of the included studies. More high-quality and well-controlled RCTs are needed to draw better conclusions in further study.
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