About the Authors

Zhao Haien

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Jiang Yong

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hong Hui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University College of Medicine, Xi’an, China

Ma Baoan

53383365@qq.com (FQ); zhe992000@eyou.com (MB)

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Guo Mingjun

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Fan Qingyu

53383365@qq.com (FQ); zhe992000@eyou.com (MB)

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Designed and conceived the meta-analysis: MB FQ. Searched for the published results of relevant trials and analyzed the data: ZH. Wrote the manuscript and revised it: ZH JY GM. Conceived and designed the experiments: ZH JY FQ. Performed the experiments: ZH JY GM. Analyzed the data: ZH GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM. Wrote the paper: ZH FQ.