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Pain has been identified as the most important outcome by patients. This study aims to systematically review the literature on reported pain outcomes in adult distal humerus fractures treated with TER or DHH.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Medline, Embase and Central were searched using OVID, from January 2000 to September 2023, for studies in adults undergoing DHH or TER for acute closed distal humerus fractures. The primary outcome was patient-rated pain measured on a numerical rating scale. A quantitative summary of reported outcomes was stratified by intervention type.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Twenty-three studies met the inclusion criteria, including one published randomised controlled trial. Meta-analysis found a pooled average NRS pain for TER of 1.7\/10 (95% CI: 0.44\u20132.99) and 1.5\/10 for DHH (95% CI: 0.001\u20133.56). On a 4-point Likert scale the pooled probability of no pain, mild pain, moderate pain, severe pain for TER was 0.75, 0.21, 0.02, 0.00 and for DHH was 0.76, 0.11, 0.12, and 0.00.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The available evidence does not enable comparison of pain outcomes between the interventions, which should be assessed in an appropriately powered randomised trial.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/17585732251328594","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,25]],"date-time":"2025-03-25T20:47:42Z","timestamp":1742935662000},"page":"354-365","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["A systematic review, and meta-analysis of pain outcomes following total elbow replacement and hemi-replacement for unreconstructible acute distal humerus fractures in adults"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0795-6462","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adam C","family":"Watts","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Edge Hill University"},{"name":"Wrightington Hospital, Wigan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zaid","family":"Hamoodi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Wrightington Hospital, Wigan"},{"name":"University of Manchester"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew C","family":"Wright","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Wrightington Hospital, Wigan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Catriona M","family":"McDaid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Catherine E","family":"Hewitt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2006.04.130"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/BCO.0b013e318229d0b5"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s40520-016-0594-6"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bone.2009.11.025"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-642-61261-9"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.97B8.35410"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jse.2008.06.005"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_9_2","unstructured":"Registry NJ. 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