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Table 2 Interventions and outcomes of included studies

From: Ilizarov bone transport and treatment of critical-sized tibial bone defects: a narrative review

Author/s

Technique

Bone union rate (%)

Bone results (ASAMI, PALEY) (excellent/good/fair/poor)

Functional results (ASAMI, PALEY) (excellent/good/fair/poor)

Complications (per patient)

EFT (months)

EFI (months/cm)

Madhusudhan et al.

RD/AT/ACL (IEF)

100

5/8/5/4

1/4/6/10a

2.73 (60/22)

9.3

2.33

Pirwani et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

100

nr

nr

2 (32/16)

16

3

Bumbasirevic et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

96.6

19/10/0/1

13/14/2/1

1.4 (42/30)

9.7

1.48

Megas et al.

RD/AT/CO or ACL

100

5/4/0/0

3/4/2/0

1.89 (17/9)

7.83

1.07

Lin et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

93.7

nr

nr

1 (16/16)

4.5

nr

Babar et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

97

13/2/2/0

10/4/2/1

1 (17/17)

6

nr

Feng et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

100

19/2/0/0

nr

0.4 (8/21)

9.8

1.48

Krappinger et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

80

7/6/2/0

6/7/2/0

3 (45/15)

13.2

nr

Selim

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

80

7/3/0/0

7/3/0/0

0.7 (7/10)

2.5

0.28

Shadid et al.

RD/AT/ACL (IEF)

100

10/2/0/0

6/4/2/0

0.25 (3/12)

nr

nr

Spiegl et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

96

nr

nr

1.36 (34/25)

23.2

1.9

Xu et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

100

28/2/0/0

nr

0.27 (8/30)

10

1.36

Yin et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

100

44/15/5/2

24/26/10/0b

1.1 (73/66)

9.4

1.38

Morsy

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

100

8/3/0/1

7/4/1/0

1.58 (19/12)

6.8

1.52

Marais et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF

100

nr

nr

1.57 (11/7)

17.7

2.7

Azzam et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

100

22/6/1/1

13/9/7/1

1.7 (51/30)

7.5

1.3

Bernstein et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

77

nr

nr

0.77 (17/22)

11.03

2.5

Khan et al.

RD/AT/CO or ACL (IEF)

95.7

6/14/1/2c

8/12/2/1c

0.5 (12/24)

8

4.2

Peng et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

100

30/23/5/0

28/18/12/0

0.67 (39/58)

10.6

1.2

Wani et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

100

13/9/4/0

9/11/5/1

2 (52/26)

14.07

1.6

Aboumira et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

89

11/8/3/3

11/9/2/3

0.72 (18/25)

11.8

2.1

Aktuglu et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

95.8

12/8/2/2

14/9/1/0

1 (24/24)

11.52

1.73

Fürmetz et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

100

nr

nr

nr

9.52

1.47

Rohilla et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

94

19/13/0/3

14/19/1/1

1.2 (42/35)

11.9

1.8

Tetsworth et al.

RD/AT/BT or ACL (IEF)

100

15/5/1/0

14/6/1/0

3.1 (nr)

12.5

1.8

Yilihamu et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

nr

nr

nr

1.46 (21/14)

9.8

1.51

Zhang et al.

RD/AT/BT (IEF)

100

10/0/0/6

12/4/0/0

1.18 (19/16)

12

1.1

  1. nr not reported, ACL acute compression and lengthening, ASAMI, PALEY Association for the Study of the Method of Ilizarov, AT antibiotics treatment, BT bone transport, CO compression osteosynthesis, EFI external fixation index, EFT external fixation time, IEF Ilizarov external fixator, RD radical debridement
  2. a1 patient lost in follow-up
  3. b6 patients lost in follow-up
  4. c1 patient died from liver disease