Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Comparison of VAS and mean time to union

From: Outcomes and complications of the reamer irrigator aspirator versus traditional iliac crest bone graft harvesting: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Endpoint	ICBG (N = 3430)	RIA (N = 1389)	MD	P
VAS	2.3 ± 1.5	1.7 ± 2.4	0.6	0.09
Time to union (mean)	11.5 ± 1.9	7.2 ± 1.6	4.3	0.06

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