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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Estimation of the pooled mean CMS, VAS, and prevalence of complications in the LSF subgroup

From: Post-operative outcomes and complications of suspensory loop fixation device versus hook plate in acute unstable acromioclavicular joint dislocation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Subgroup analysis

Mean

95% CI

Q test

df

I 2

P value

CMS

 Pooled mean CMS of arthroscopic assisted LSF

92.41

90.68, 94.13

21.64

10

49.17

0.027

 Pooled mean CMS of open LSF

92.40

89.89, 94.92

65.45

11

83.19

<0.001

 Arthroscope versus open LSF

0.01 (−3.04, 3.06)

 Pooled mean CMS of single bundle LSF

93.31

91.30, 95.32

51.32

12

76.62

<0.001

 Pooled mean CMS of double bundle LSF

91.48

89.49, 93.48

22.32

10

55.19

0.016

 Single versus double LSF

1.83 (−1.22, 4.88)

 Pooled mean CMS of HP within 3 months

88.42

82.75, 94.10

407.28

6

98.53

<0.001

 Pooled mean CMS of hook plate after 3 months

91.08

89.85, 92.32

10.08

3

70.23

0.018

 Plate remove within versus after 3 months

−2.66 (−14.05, 8.73)

 

 Pooled mean CMS of HP open

90.08

86.66, 93.50

82.02

11

86.59

<0.001

VAS

 Pooled mean VAS of arthroscopic assisted LSF

1.14

0.07, 1.49

2.25

5

0

0.813

 Pooled mean VAS of open LSF

0.66

0.08, 1.16

0.76

3

0

0.858

 Arthroscope versus open

0.48 (−0.48, 1.44)

 

 Pooled mean VAS of single bundle LSF

1.13

0.06, 1.44

1.65

3

0

0.649

 Pooled mean VAS of double bundle LSF

0.41

0.21, 1,.15

1.17

5

0

0.948

 Single versus double

0.72 (−0.69, 2.13)

 

 Pooled mean VAS of HP within 3 months

1.50

1.19, 1.86

2.65

2

24.37

0.267

 Pooled mean VAS of HP after 3 months

2.23

1.11, 3.35

175.40

3

98.3

<0.001

 Plate remove within versus after 3 months

−0.73 (−3.06, 1.60)

 

 Pooled mean VAS of HP open

1.51

0.75, 2.27

7.07

6

15.09

0.315

Complications

Prevalence

95% CI

Q test

df

I 2

P value

Pooled prevalence of arthroscopic assisted LSF

0.1

0.04, 0.15

29.99

11

63.32

0.002

Pooled prevalence of open LSF

0.08

0.05, 0.11

3.02

13

0

0.998

Arthroscope versus open LSF

1.31 (0.77, 2.23)

 

Pooled prevalence of single bundle LSF

0.07

0.04, 0.09

22.82

14

38.65

0.063

Pooled prevalence of double bundle LSF

0.1

0.06, 0.13

8.33

10

0

0.597

Single versus double

0.67 (0.38, 1.15)

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