Effect of teriparatide on improving fracture union in osteoporotic intertrochanteric fractures: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Figure 1  Flowchart of studies identified at various stages of the literature search.

Figure 2  Traffic light plots of the domain level risk-of-bias judgements of randomized controlled trials included in the study and weighted bar plots of the distribution of risk-of-bias judgements within each bias domain.

Figure 3 Forest plot. A: The union time in the teriparatide and control groups; B: Varus collapse (decrease in neck-shaft angle) in the teriparatide and control groups; C: Lateral screw migration in the teriparatide and control groups; D: Femoral neck length shortening in the teriparatide and control groups; E: The odds ratios of the total number of complications in the teriparatide and control groups. CI: Confidence interval.

Figure 4 Funnel plot of the primary outcome variable (union time). SMD: Standardized mean difference.