Table 1 Summary of included studies
Year | Authors | Patients | Gender (M/F) | Hip joints | Knee joints | Symptomatic joints | Control group | Asymptomatic control joints | Minimal time from surgery | Minimal clinical follow-up | Surgical follow-up | Differentiate aseptic loosening from sepsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Creutzig H. et al. | 31 | N/A | 31 | 0 | 13 | Yes | 18 | 3 to 9 months | 12 months | 5 | No |
2007 | Sterner et al. | 14 | 9/6 | 0 | 14 | 14 | No | 0 | 1.1 years | 6 months | 6 | No |
2011 | Kobayashi N et al. | 49 | N/A | 65 | 0 | 38 | Yes | 27 | 1 year | 12 months | 11 | Yes |