Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Literature review of knee arthrodesis with an Ilizarov circular external fixator
Author(s) | No. of knees | Classification used | Fusion rate (%) | Mean time to fusion (range), in months | Mean residual limb shortness (cm) | Complications | Mean FU in months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johannsen et al. [11] | 8 | None | 75 | 3.5 (3–4) | 3.5 | 12.5% (1 chronic osteomyelitis) | 10 |
Manzotti et al. [12] | 6 | None | 83 | 6.8 (10.3–5.1) | – | None | 34.2 |
Garberina et al. [10] | 19 | None | 68 | 4.6 (3–6.8) | – | 26.3% (2 fractures, 2 valgus angulations, 1 wound infection) | 32 |
Oostenbroek and van Roermund [13] | 15 | Mild/moderate/severe loss of bone | 93 | 12 (6–24.7) | 4 | 80% (2 femoral fractures, 3 osteitis, 3 frame instabilities, 1 nonunion, 1 femoral angulation, 1 heel decubitus, 1 pneumonia infection) | 52 |
David et al. [14] | 13 | None | 100 | 6.4 (4.6–8.4) | 3.7 | 7.7% (1 wound infection) | 40.8 |
Spina et al. (2009) | 17 | Combined Engh/Cierny–Mader | 76.5 | 9.3 (3–18) | 3.8 | 23.5% (2 nonunion, 2 intolerances) | 30 |