Prevalence and influencing factors of nonunion in patients with tibial fracture: systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 377 - 16
• Main Authors: Tian, Ruifeng, Zheng, Fang, Zhao, Wei, Zhang, Yuhui, Yuan, Jinping, Zhang, Bowen, Li, Liangman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 03.09.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Analysis; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Bias; Body Mass Index; Care and treatment; Closed Fracture Reduction - methods; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Female; Fracture Fixation, Internal - methods; Fractures; Fractures (Injuries); Fractures, Ununited - epidemiology; Fractures, Ununited - etiology; Fractures, Ununited - surgery; Humans; Infections; Inflammation; Influencing factors; Internal fixation; Male; Medical research; Meta-analysis; Middle Aged; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - methods; Narcotics; Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; Nonunion; Online searching; Open fractures; Opioid-Related Disorders; Opioids; Orthopedics; Osteosynthesis; Physicians; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Smoking; Systematic Review; Tibia; Tibia fracture; Tibial Fractures - epidemiology; Tibial Fractures - etiology; Tibial Fractures - surgery; Tobacco; Tobacco Smoking; Young Adult; Canada; United States > US; China; Systematic review; Nonunion; Prevalence; Influencing factors; Tibia fracture

The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of nonunion in patients with tibia fracture and the association between influencing factors and tibia fracture nonunion. A database searches of PubMed, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Weipu database, and...