IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/plo/pone00/0310971.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Eleven internal fixations for young vertical femoral neck fractures: A protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis

Author

Listed:
  • Weiwei Shen
  • Yun Xue
  • Jie Shi
  • Xiaowen Deng
  • Zhongshu Pu
  • Qiuming Gao

Abstract

Background and objectives: Vertical femoral neck fractures (VFNFs) in young patients lead to significant biomechanical instability. Multitudinous internal fixation devices have been developed and utilized in clinical interventions. However, there has yet to be a consensus expert opinion regarding the optimal internal fixation configurations. This study aims to conduct a network meta-analysis to evaluate the safety and efficacy of all currently recognized internal fixation procedures for the treatment of VFNFs in young individuals. Methods: Comprehensive literature searches will be performed in China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, the Wanfang Database, and the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, covering the entire database history up until May 21, 2024. Individual papers will be evaluated for possible bias using RoB 2.0, the most recent version of the randomized trial Cochrane risk-of-bias approach. Pairwise meta-analysis and network meta-analysis (NMA) will be conducted for data analysis using STATA 15.0 and R 4.1.3. Inconsistency tests, subgroup analyses, sensitivity analyses, and assessments of publication bias will also be performed. Conclusion: The study will provide evidence-based recommendations for the optimal internal fixation methods in treating young patients with VFNFs. Trial registration: INPLASY202460017.

Suggested Citation

  • Weiwei Shen & Yun Xue & Jie Shi & Xiaowen Deng & Zhongshu Pu & Qiuming Gao, 2024. "Eleven internal fixations for young vertical femoral neck fractures: A protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(9), pages 1-9, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0310971
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310971
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0310971
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0310971&type=printable
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1371/journal.pone.0310971?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0310971. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: plosone (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.