Table 2 Included articles’ outcomes:
Author (year) | Study design | Groups | Drain output (ml) | Intraoperative blood loss (ml) | VAS pain score, day 1 | ROM (degree) | Hematoma (N) | Ulnar nerve paralysis (N) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ju Tang, et al. (2018) | NRCT | Control | 450 ± 50 | 620 ± 50 | --- | --- | 18 | 16 |
Intervention | 420 ± 50 | 570 ± 50 | --- | --- | 7 | 12 | ||
Nitin Goyal, et al. (2020) | NRCT | Control | 211 ± 134 | 37 ± 28 | --- | --- |  |  |
Intervention | 121 ± 88 | 31 ± 21 | --- | --- |  |  | ||
Eugene T. Ek, et al. (2022) | NRCT | Control | 88.8 ± 80.5 | -- | 1.9 ± 2.2 | 129.7 ± 12.4 |  |  |
Intervention | 43.4 ± 52.4 | -- | 1.5 ± 1.7 | 131.7 ± 9.2 |  |  | ||
Haomin Cui, et al. (2021) | RCT | Control | 214 ± 56 | -- | 6 ± 1 | 120 ± 9 | 1 | 2 |
Intervention | 182 ± 46 | -- | 5 ± 1 | 120 ± 7 | 1 | 3 |