[ Objective I A systematic review was conducted to assess the effectiveness of plating versus intramedullary nailing in the treatment of adult humeral shaft fracture. [ Method ] Using PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Science Direct, CNKI, CBM and CM AC, the authar performed a literature search for all the studies published in the English and Chinese languages from january 1995 to March 2010,reporting patients undergoing plating or intramedullary nailing. The bibliographic sections of identi- fied papers were manually searched to identify additional papers. The Revman 4.2 provided by the Cochr...