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Table 1 Generalities of the included studies

From: Surgical management of focal chondral defects of the knee: a Bayesian network meta-analysis

Author, year

Journal

Study design

Follow-up (months)

Treatment

Procedures (n)

Female (%)

Mean age

Mean BMI

Anders et al., 2013 [33]

Open Orthop J

Randomized

24

AMIC

8

12

35.0

27.4

AMIC

13

23

39.0

27.7

MFX

6

33

41.0

25.2

Bartlett et al., 2005 [16]

J Bone Joint Surg

Randomized

12

cACI

44

41

33.7

 

mACI

47

 

33.4

 

Basad et al., 2010 [62]

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc

Randomized

24

mACI

40

38

33.0

25.3

MFX

20

15

37.5

27.3

Becher et al., 2017 [63]

J Orthop Surg Res

Randomized

36

mACI

25

32

33.0

24.9

mACI

25

16

34.0

25.6

mACI

25

40

34.0

25.1

Berruto et al., 2017 [64]

Injury

Non-Randomized

162

pACI

9

31

31.6

 

cACI

24

   

Bode et al., 2013 [65]

Arch Orthop Trauma Surg

Non-Randomized

72

cACI

19

 

40.2

25.2

cACI

24

 

38.3

24.1

Brittberg et al., 2018 [66]

Am J Sports Med

Randomized

60

mACI

65

38

35.0

 

MFX

63

33

34.0

 

Chung et al., 2013 [32]

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc

Non-Randomized

24

MFX

12

83

44.3

 

AMIC

24

42

47.4

 

Cvetanovich et al., 2016 [67]

Am J Sports Med

Non-Randomized

24

cACI

12

22

17.0

22.8

mACI

11

22

17.0

22.8

mACI

14

22

17.0

22.8

De Girolamo et al., 2019 [68]

J Clin Med

Randomized

100

AMIC

12

39

30.0

 

AMIC

12

40

30.0

 

Ebert et al., 2015 [69]

Am J Sports Med

Non-Randomized

24

mACI

10

20

39.0

25.8

mACI

13

7

36.0

25.6

mACI

9

66

38.0

25.1

mACI

15

53

37.0

25.3

Ferruzzi et al., 2008 [70]

J Bone Joint Surg

Non-Randomized

60

pACI

48

38

32.0

 

mACI

50

28

31.0

 

Fossum et al., 2019 [30]

Orthop J Sports Med

Randomized

24

AMIC

20

60

38.3

27.9

    

cACI

21

33

37.2

25.7

Gooding et al., 2006 [71]

Knee

Randomized

24

pACI

33

51

31.0

 

cACI

35

   

Gudas et al., 2006 [72]

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc

Randomized

37

MFX

28

43

24.3

 

OAT

29

35

24.6

 

Gudas et al., 2009 [73]

J Pediatr Orthop

Randomized

24

OAT

25

40

15.0

 

MFX

22

40

14.0

 

Gudas et al., 2012 [74]

Am J Sports Med

Randomized

120

OAT

28

32

25.0

 

MFX

29

41

24.0

 

Hoburg et al., 2019 [28]

Orthop J Sports Med

Non-Randomized

63

mACI

29

48

16.0

21.3

48

mACI

42

29

27.0

24.1

Horas et al., 2003 [75]

J Bone Joint Surg

Non-Randomized

124

pACI

20

60

31.4

 

OAT

20

25

35.4

 

Knutsen et al., 2016 [76]

J Bone Joint Surg

Randomized

180

pACI

40

   

MFX

40

   

Kon et al., 2009 [42]

Am J Sports Med

Non-Randomized

60

mACT

40

17

29.0

 

MFX

40

32

31.0

 

Kon et al., 2011 [43]

Am J Sports Med

Non-Randomized

61

mACT

22

32

46.0

24.7

58

mACI

39

35

45.0

25.6

Lim et al., 2012 [77]

Clin Orthop Rel Res

Randomized

60

MFX

30

40

33.0

 

OAT

22

45

30.0

 

pACI

18

44

25.0

 

Macmull et al., 2012 [78]

Int Orthop

Non-Randomized

66

cACI

24

29

16.0

 

mACI

7

   

Macmull et al., 2012 [79]

Am J Sports Med

Non-Randomized

45

cACI

25

80

35.0

 

35

mACI

23

61

35.0

 

Niemeyer et al., 2016 [80]

Am J Sports Med

Randomized

12

mACI

25

33

33.0

24.9

mACI

25

16

34.0

25.6

mACI

25

40

34.0

25.1

Niemeyer et al., 2019 [27]

Orthop J Sports Med

Randomized

24

mACI

52

36

36.0

25.7

MFX

50

44

37.0

25.8

Saris et al., 2009 [81]

Am J Sports Med

Randomized

36

pACI

57

39

33.9

 

MFX

61

33

33.9

 

Saris et al., 2014 [82]

Am J Sports Med

Randomized

24

mACI

72

37

35.0

26.2

MFX

72

 

33.0

26.4

Schneider et al., 2016 [83]

J Orthop Surg

Randomized

12

MFX

13

50

47.0

 

MFX

4

37.0

 

Skowronski et al., 2013 [55]

Orthop Traumatol Rehab

Non-Randomized

60

cACI

21

42

26.0

 

cACI

25

44

26.0

 

Van Assche et al., 2010 [84]

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc

Randomized

24

pACI

33

33

31.0

24.0

MFX

34

10

31.0

25.0

Vanlauwe et al., 2011 [85]

Am J Sports Med

Randomized

60

MFX

61

20

34.0

 

pACI

51

43

34.0

 

Volz et al., 2017 [31]

Int Orthop

Randomized

60

AMIC

17

29

34.0

27.4

AMIC

17

11

39.0

27.6

MFX

13

23

40.0

25.0

Wolf et al., 2018 [86]

Cartilage

Non-Randomized

24

MFX

18

55

38.0

 

MFX

3

 

50.0

 

Zeifang et al., 2010 [87]

Am J Sports Med

Randomized

24

mACI

11

45

29.0

 

pACI

10

0

30.0

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