Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies
Study | No. of patients | No. of shoulders† | Male:female | Mean age (range) | Dominant/non-dominant | Pre/Meso/Meta | Mean follow-up (months, range) | Surgical technique |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edelson et al. 1993 [5] | 7 | 7 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 29 (18–40) | 5 excision 2 ORIF (screws) |
Hutchinson et al. 1993 [6] | 3 | 3 | 1:2 | 24 (18–27) | NR | NR | 15 (6–24) | 1 excision 2 acromioplasty |
Hertel et al. 1998 [17] | 12 | 15 | 0 | 54 (37–63) | 11:4 | 0/15/0 | 44 (13–72) | 15 ORIF (K-wires) |
Warner et al. 1998 [21] | 14 | 15 | 7:7 | 57 (19–76) | NR | 1/11/3 | 34 (24–47) | 3 excision 3 ORIF (K-wires) 2 excision following failed ORIF (K-wires) 7 ORIF (screws) |
Ryu et al. 1999 [18] | 4 | 4 | 3:1 | 27 (20–43) | 2:2 | 0/4/0 | 34 (12–84) | 4 ORIF (screws) |
Satterlee 1999 [20] | 6 | 6 | 4:2 | 48 (29–63) | 3:3 | 0/6/0 | 55 (36–72) | 6 ORIF (screws) |
Wright et al. 2000 [10] | 12 | 13 | 8:4 | 36 (18–54) | NR | 0/13/0 | 29 (20–72) | 13 excision |
Boehm et al. 2003 [3] | 33 | 33 | 23:10 | 56 (44–70) | NR | 3/30/0 | 41 (24–95) | 6 excision 5 acromioplasty 22 ORIF (K-wires) |
Abboud et al. 2006 [11] | 19 | 19 | 12:7 | 53 (35–73) | 13:6 | 0/19/0 | 40 (24–94) | 11 acromioplasty 5 ORIF (K-wires) 3 ORIF (screws) |
Pagnani et al. 2006 [9] | 9 | 11 | 9:0 | 22 (18–25) | 7:4 | 0/11/0 | 44 (24–78) | 11 excision |
Sahajpal et al. 2007 [19] | 1 | 1 | 0:1 | 53 | 1:0 | 0/1/0 | 18 | 1 ORIF (screws) |
Bedi et al. 2009 [15] | 1 | 1 | 0:1 | 19 | 0:1 | 0/1/0 | 12 | 1 ORIF (screws) |
Campbell et al. 2012 [4] | 28 | 31 | 17:11 | 55 (21–78) | 18:10 | 3/28/0 | 41 (9–85) | 31 excision |
Atoun et al. 2012 [13] | 8 | 8 | 1:7 | 54 (38–67) | 6:2 | 0/8/0 | 22 (12–36) | 8 ORIF (absorbable screws) |
Barbier et al. 2013 [14] | 10 | 10 | 7:3 | 43 (16–65) | NR | 0/10/0 | 48 (6–124) | 10 ORIF (K-wires) |
Johnston et al. 2013 [7] | 6 | 6 | 4:2 | 53 (36–65) | 3:3 | 0/6/0 | 25 (5–36) | 6 excision |
Kawaguchi et al. 2016 [8] | 1 | 1 | 0:1 | 73 | 0:1 | 0/1/0 | 27 | 1 excision |
Beliën et al. 2017 [16] | 5 | 5 | 4:1 | 49 (20–67) | NR | NR | 7.5 (5–13) | 5 ORIF (plating) |
Atinga et al. 2018 [12] | 31 | 32 | 24:7 | 50 (21–74) | NR | NR | 47 (12–120) | 32 ORIF (screws) |