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Ulnar shortening osteotomy vs. wafer resection for ulnar impaction syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Hao Yu1, Ting Wang2, Yansheng Wang2
1Orthopeadic Surgery Department, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Background:
Ulnar shortening osteotomy (USO) is the most common operation to treat ulnar impaction syndrome (UIS). An alternative to USO is the arthroscopic wafer procedure (AWP). Few studies have directly compared USO and AWP in patients with UIS. This study compared ulnar shortening osteotomy (USO) versus arthroscopic wafer procedure (AWP) for UIS treatment.
Materials And Methods:
PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, Wanfang, and CNKI were systematically searched for reports published before March 2021. The outcomes included Modified Mayo Wrist Score, Darrow's Criteria, Disability of Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH), grip strength, visual analog scale (VAS) score, and time to resume manual occupation.
Results:
Seven studies (133 and 118 patients with USO and AWP, respectively) were included. There were no differences in combined Darrow's Criteria or Modified Mayo Wrist Score, Modified Mayo Wrist Score, Darrow's Criteria, revision rate, DASH score, VAS score, and time to resume manual occupation. Grip strength was better with AWP (SMD = -0.73, 95%CI: -1.36, -0.11, P = 0.022). Differences were seen for ulna positive variation, favoring USO (WMD = -2.75, 95%CI: -5.17, -0.33, P = 0.026).
Conclusions:
In the surgical treatment of UIS, AWP might be associated with improved grip strength, while USO seems to show better results in treating pronounced ulna positive variation. Only evidence of moderate quality could be included in this meta-analysis.
