Table 3 Quality assessment of case controlled studies comparing buried versus exposed Kirschner wire osteosynthesis for phalangeal, metacarpal and distal radial fractures using Newcastle-Ottawa Scale
Author group | Selection | Comparability | Exposure | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adequae case definitin | Representativeness of the cases | Selection of Controls | Definition of Controls | Comparability of cases and controls | Ascertainm-ent of exposure | Same method of ascertainment | Non Response rate | |
AI-Qattan 2008 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mcquail 2015 [7] | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Rafique 2006 [19] | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Ridley 2017 [6] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Terndrup 2018 [9] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |