Table 1 Characteristics of included studies
Study | Patients | Age (mean) | Classification | FU | NWB/TTWB | EWB | Amount EWB | Complications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Articular collapse/joint depression in EBW group | Amount of articular collapse/joint depression | Implant failure in EBW group | Fracture fragments migration in EBW group | Non union in EBW group | ||||||||
Williamsson et al. | 90 | 45.1 | Schatzker type II | 3 months | 60 | 30 | As tolerated | 1 | 4 mm | – | NE | NE |
Haak et al. | 32 | 48 | AO Type B | 6–8 weeks | 20 | 12 | As tolerated | – | – | – | NE | NE |
Thewlis et al. | 17 | 52 | Schatzker type from II to VI | 52 weeks | – | 17 | 20 kg | – | – | – | NE | NE |
Eggli et al. | 14 | 41 | AO type C | 1 year | – | 14 | 10 kg | – | – | – | NE | – |
Thewlis et al. | 9 | 51.4 | Schatzker type II–III–IV | 52 | – | 9 | As tolerated | NE | NE | – |  < 3 mm | NE |
Solomon et al. | 7 | 39 | Schatzker type II | 52 weeks | – | 7 | 20 kg | NE | NE | NE |  < 1 mm | NE |
Kalmet et al. | 91 | 50.8 | Schatzker all type | 1 year | 60 | 31 | Permissive | – | – | – | NE | 1 |
Hare et al. | 1 | 44 | AO type B | 1 year | – | 1 | As tolerated | – | – | – | NE | NE |
Callary et al. | 143 | 45–48 | AO type B–C | 2 years | – | 143 | As tolerated | – | – | – | – | NE |