Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

Yeo et al.

2016

1

RCT

Republic of Korea

48

AS 25

35.2

AS-assisted Broström–Gould, 1 suture anchors

12

2012–2014

Open 23

34.3

Broström–Gould, 1 suture anchors

12

Matsui et al.

2016

3

Retrospective cohort

Japan

37

AS 19

28

All-inside Broström–Gould, 2 suture anchors

12

2013–2014

Open 18

24

Broström–Gould, 2 suture anchors

12

Li et al.

2017

3

Prospective cohort

China

60

AS 23

30.3

All-inside Broström–Gould, 1/2 suture anchors

39.7

2012–2014

Open 37

28.7

Broström–Gould, 1/2 suture anchors

35.5

Rigby et al.

2018

3

Retrospective cohort

USA

62

AS 30

47.9

AS-assisted Broström–Gould, 2 suture anchors

15.6

2009–2013

Open 32

37.7

Broström–Gould, 2 suture anchors

44.4

DeVries et al.

2019

3

Retrospective cohort

USA

55

AS 43

44.7

All-AS Broström–Gould, 2 suture anchors

24.2

2014–2016

Open 12

39.5

Broström–Gould, 2 suture anchors

21

Yi et al.

2019

3

Retrospective cohort

China

65

AS 35

39.3

All-inside Broström–Gould, 1 suture anchors

26

2014–2017

Open 30

37.3

Broström–Gould, 1 suture anchors

26

Zeng et al.

2020

3

Retrospective cohort

China

27

AS 17

30.9

All-AS Broström–Gould, 1 suture anchors

36

2013-2015

Open 10

27.7

Broström–Gould, 1 suture anchors

36

Xu et al.

2020

3

Retrospective cohort

China

67

AS 32

33.7

Arthroscopic-assisted Broström, 1/2 suture anchors

36.5

2015–2017

Open 35

35.8

Broström–Gould, 1/2 suture anchors

39.1

Woo et al.

2020

3

Retrospective cohort

Singapore

52

AS 26

33.4

All-AS Broström–Gould, 2 suture anchors

12

2015–2019

Open 26

31.5

Broström–Gould, 1 suture anchors

12