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Table 1 Baseline characteristic of studies included in the systematic review and meta-analysis

From: Surgical procedures for treatment of adult acquired flatfoot deformity: a network meta-analysis

Study

Publication year

Country

Sample size

Mean age

Follow-up

Disease status

Surgery type

Jadad score

Mark S

1995

America

18

54.0

(12–16) months

AAFD secondary to PTTI

MDCO, FDL, MTCP

1

Beat Hintermann

1999

Switzerland

19

52.9

35.8 (12–37) months

PTTI

LCL, medial soft tissue reconstruction

2

Charles M

1999

America

10

48.7

35 (8–60) months

Stage II/III PTTD

Evans LCL,TN fusion

1

Alan R

2000

America

24

53.7

27 (13–51) months

PTTD and AAFD

PCDO, FDL, ATL

1

G. James Sammarco

2001

America

17

60.0

17 (11–24) months

Stage II PTTD

MDCO,FHL

2

Gregory P

2001

America

26

54.0

31.8 (12–70) months

Stage II PTTD

FDL, MDCO

1

Amir H.

2002

America

23

56.0

35 (24–51) months

Stage II PTTD

FDL, calcaneal osteotomy

2

G.A.

2003

Netherlands

14

62.0

42 (6–78) months

Stage II PTTD

CC bone-block arthrodesis, medial soft tissue reconstruction

2

Arie van der Krans

2006

Netherlands

20

55.0

25.3 (13–39) months

Acquired flatfoot and PTDLS

LCL, ATL, FDL

2

Patrick M.

2007

America

40

46.5

30.5 (12–96) months

AAFD

LCL, MTO, FDL, GR, TMT

2

Kang-lai Tang

2010

China

10

41.8

13.2 (6–21) months

Stage II and IIB AAFD

Osteotomy of subtalar joint, talonavicular joint, and calcaneocuboid joint

1

Rémi Philippot

2010

France

14

59.4

20.6 (12–54) months

Pes planovalgus

Subtalar and talonavicular joint arthrodeses

0

Guus A.

2010

Netherlands

33

57.8

29.2 (6–78) months

Flexible acquired flatfoot

Lengthening calcaneus osteotomy, CCJ distraction arthrodesis

1

Yehia Basioni

2011

Egypt

14

23.0

22 (13–34) months

Flexible adult acquired flatfoot

Evans osteotomy and posterior calcaneal displacement osteotomy

1

Thomas H.

2011

America

41

52.0

9.6 (3–43) months

AAFD

Medial column arthrodesis, MDCO

2

Hong-hui Cao

2012

China

33

30.1

23.0 (6–54) months

Flatfoot related with accessory navicular

Reconstruction of posterior tibial tendon

1

Hisateru Niki

2012

Japan

25

55.2

5.6 (2.6–10.2) years

Stage II PTTD

MDCO, FDL

0

Michael Iossi

2013

America

68

55.0

9 (2–30) months

AAFD

FDL, MDCO, LCL

2

Siddhant K.

2013

America

21

68.0

13 (6–44) months

Stage II PTTD

Fusions of the subtalar, talonavicular, and first tarsometatarsal joints

1

Hong-hui Cao

2014

China

16

41.5

12 months

Flexible flatfoot

MDCO, reconstruction of the PTT

1

Guangrong Yu

2014

China

12

53.3

19.4 (13–30) months

Flatfoot deformity with pes valgus

Subtalar and talonavicular joints arthrodesis through a single medial incision approach

0