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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 7 Comparison of rewiews

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

 

Papakostidis et al.

Yin et al.

Yin et al.

Our study

Characteristics

Study period

1989–2012

1995–2013

1995–2015

2008–2018

Number of evaluated studies

37

16

24

27

Number of patients

898

303

590

619

Long bone involved

Tibia + femur

Tibia

Tibia + femur

Tibia

Study types

1 PC, 1P, 1 R, 34 RC

nr

1 PC, 22 R, 1 RC

6 PC, 15 R, 6 RC

Mean age (range)

34.85

34.44 (25–44)

34.11 (nr)

36.1 (13–89)

Mean follow-up (range) (months)

43.81

44.37 (13–99)

32.49 (nr)

34.05 (6–122)

Mean bone union rate (range) (%)

94.3 (92–96.6)

96.69 (87–100)

97.26 (nr)

90.24 (77–100)

Bone results excellent + good (%)

nr

87.52

88.76

88.8

Functional results excellent + good (%)

nr

76

76.70

82.6

EFT (months)

nr

9.19

9.41

10.75

EFI (months/cm)

nr

1.46

1.64

1.74

Mean previous operative procedures (range)

3.46

nr

3.84

3.44

Infection etiology (%)

60.61

100

97.26

88.8

Mean bone defect (range) (cm)

7.37

6.01 (3.5–10.7)

6.54 (nr)

6.58 (1.6–20)

Complications

Complications (per patient)

nr

1.47

1.23

1.22

Refracture (%)

5

nr

4

4

Amputation (%)

2.9

nr

4

1

Malunion (%)

5.7

nr

7

8.41

Recurrent Infection (%)

nr

nr

5

4.58

Pin tract infection (%)

nr

nr

nr

46.6

  1. nr not reported, PC prospective cohort, P prospective, RC retrospective cohort, R retrospective