The efficacy of 3D printing-assisted surgery in treating distal radius fractures: systematic review and meta-analysis

To compare the efficacy of 3D printing-assisted surgery with routine surgery in the treatment of distal radius fractures to evaluate whether 3D printing technology has more advantages. To retrieve all published studies that compared the efficacy of 3D printing-assisted surgery with routine surgery for distal radius fractures. Operation time, frequency of intraoperative fluoroscopy, blood loss and other outcomes were assessed. The results suggested that 3D printing-assisted surgery was better than routine surgery in the fields of operation time, frequency of intraoperative fluoroscopy, and blood loss. In the treatment of distal radius fractures, 3D printing-assisted surgery may be superior to routine surgery.