“…Among the 109 studies were 21 randomized controlled trials, 37 prospective studies, and 51 retrospective studies (Supplementary Table S1). Among the 136 cohorts, 31 reported on outcomes after plaster cast immobilization , 37 on K-wire fixation [5,18,21,41,42,45,47,, 41 on volar plate fixation [4-6, 54-56, 60, 61, 72, 74, 77-107], 16 on external fixation [6,30,34,36,53,[108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118], and 11 on intramedullary fixation [4,6,43,81,92,96,[119][120][121][122][123]. Most of the included studies were of low or medium quality, 40% (N = 44) and 50% (N = 55), respectively.…”