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The purpose of this study was to systematically review the clinical and functional outcomes of LPF and RTSA. We hypothesized that RTSA would outperform LPF in patients with PHF aged 65 years or older.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec041\">\n                    <jats:title>Materials &amp; Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A comprehensive literature search was performed on PubMed and Google Scholar from 1 July 2022 up to 12 January 2024 by two independent reviewers. Comparative studies reporting on the functional outcome using the Constant-Murley score (CMS) in patients aged 65 years or older, treated after 2012 for PHF with LPF or RTSA and\u00a0with a mean follow-up time of at least 12 months were included. Ten studies with 244 LPF and 287 RTSA patients were included into the statistical analysis. We used a frequentist network meta-analysis to assess the comparative effectiveness of the treatments. Individual risk of bias of the studies was assessed using the ROB2 and ROBINS-I tools.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec042\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our network meta-analysis of the CMS resulted in the following order ranked from lowest to highest: LPF, LPF +\u2009 screw augmentation, hemiarthroplasty (HA), RTSA +\u2009 cemented stem, non-surgical treatment, LPF +\u2009 fibular allograft, RTSA with an inclination angle of 135\u00b0 (RTSA IA 135\u00b0), RTSA. However, none of the direct or indirect comparisons resulted in statistically noticeable differences.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec043\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In conclusion, functional superiority of either treatment method is still unknown, with even high-powered RCT not being able to detect statistically noticeable differences in terms of function. 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