Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Summary of selected studies
From: Retrograde drilling for ankle joint osteochondral lesions: a systematic review
Author, year, reference | Type of study and level of evidence (LOE) | Grade | Number of patients (ankles) | Males:females | Age at surgery (years) | Site of lesion | Size of lesion | Follow-up (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kono, 2006 [27] | Retrospective comparative study—LOE III | Low | 11 (11) | 7:4 | 25 (9–47) | Talus 2L 9M | 32 | |
Kerimaa, 2014 [6] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Low | 4 (4) | 1:3 | 20.5 (11–31) | Talus M | 14 × 9 x 6 mm | 27,6 |
Schwartz, 2021 [12] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Low | 7 (7) | 1:6 | 37.6 | Talus | 8.7 × 9.3 mm | 76,2 |
Rosenberger, 2006 [13] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Very low | 15 (15) | 11:4 | 34.1 (14–55) | Talus | ||
Pritsch, 1986 [14] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Very low | 6 (6) | 3:3 | 30.5 (18–41) | Talus 4L 2M | 31,8 | |
Beck, 2016 [28] | Prospective observational study—LOE III | Low | 7 (7) | 3:4 | 36 (18–69) | Talus M | 14 × 10 x 9 mm | 24,1 |
Yasui, 2014 [15] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Low | 16 (16) | 5:11 | 25 (14–49) | Talus M | 29 | |
Takao, 2010 [29] | Prospective observational study—LOE III | Low | 11 (11) | 5:6 | 27.7 (13–48) | Talus + tibia | 12.8 mm | 48 |
Ikuta, 2020 [16] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Low | 8 (8) | 5:3 | 14.9 (11–19) | Talus 7M 1C | 9.8 × 6.8 x 3.5 | 48 |
Anders, 2012 [17] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Low | 38 (41) | 22:16 | 33.2 (11–56) | Talus 36M 4L 1C | 9 mm | 29 |
Masquijo, 2016 [18] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Low | 6 (6) | 5:1 | 13 (11–15 | Talus 5M 1C | 37 | |
Saxena, 2022 [7] | Retrospective comparative study—LOE III | Low | 47 (47) | Talus | ||||
Flick, 1985 [19] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Low | 19 (19) | 10:9 | 28 (9–57) | Talus 7M 12L | 25,8 | |
Angermann, 1989 [20] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Very low | 10 (10) | 34 (15–57) | Talus | |||
Taranow, 1999 [21] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Very low | 16 (16) | 33 (16–44) | Talus M | 24 | ||
Kelbérine, 1999 [22] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Very low | 3 (3) | 26 | Talus | 60 | ||
Bale, 2001 [23] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Low | 4 (4) | 2:2 | 23 (18–35) | Talus M | ||
Hyer, 2008 [24] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Low | 8 (8) | 36 (12–49) | Talus M | 24 | ||
Geerling, 2009 [25] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Low | 20 (20) | 12:8 | 35 (19–58) | Talus 16M 4L | 25 | |
Minokawa, 2020 [26] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Low | 6 (8) | 4:2 | 11.1 | Talus 4M | 22,8 | |
Faldini, 2022 [8] | Retrospective case series—LOE IV | Very low | 4 (4) | 3:1 | 41.5 (24–60) | Talus 3M 1L | 11.8 mm (9–14) | 3 |