Return to sport following scaphoid fractures: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 4 Summary of the return rates to sport and return times to sport by treatment modality

Mode of treatment	n	Return rates to sport	Mean return times to sport	Return rate to pre-injury level of sport	Union rate	Mean time to union
All[9,10,21-29]	160	150/160 (94%)[9,10,21-29]	8.4 wk[9,10,21-24,26-29]	110/120 (92%)[9,10,21,23,25-29]	116/126 (92%)[9,10,21-24]	11.3 wk[9,22-24]
Conservative[9,10,21,22,26,27,29]	77	69/77 (90%)[9,10,21,22,26,27,29]	9.6 wk[9,10,21,22,26,27,29]	57/65 (88%)[9,10,26,29]	47/55 (85%)[9,10,21,22]	14.0 wk[9,22]
Conservative - return in cast[21,22,27]	28	25/28 (89%)[21,22,27]	1.9 wk[21,22,27]	14/16 (88%)[21,27]	22/26 (85%)[21,22]	14.2 wk[22]
Conservative - return after cast[9,10,26,29]	49	44/49 (90%)[9,10,26,29]	13.9 wk[9,10,26,29]	43/49 (88%)[9,10,26,29]	25/29 (86%)[9,10]	13.9 wk[9]
Surgical[9,10,22-26,28]	83	81/83 (98%)[9,10,22-26,28]	7.3 wk[9,10,22-24,26,28]	53/55 (96%)[9,10,23,25,26,28]	69/71 (97%)[9,10,22-24]	9.8 wk[9,22-24]
ORIF[22-25,28]	50	49/50 (98%)[22-25,28]	7.9 wk[22-24,28]	21/22 (95%)[23,25,28]	39/40 (98%)[22-24]	10.3 wk[22-24]
PSF[9,10,26]	33	32/33 (97%)[9,10,26]	6.5 wk[9,10,26]	32/33 (97%)[9,10,26]	30/31 (97%)[9,10]	9.2 wk[9]