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Table 1 Characteristics of studies included

From: Proximal fibular osteotomy versus high tibial osteotomy for treating knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Year

Sample size

(PFO/HTO)

Female

(%)

Mean age(years)

Intervention

PFO HTO

Country

Study

design

Follow-up

(month)

Relevant outcome

Hu et al. [17]

2021

18/22

60%

PFO 62.84 ± 4.97

HTO 64.05 ± 3.15

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

Retrospective study

24

VAS score; HSS

Cai et al. [18]

2020

43/43

40.7%

PFO 61.97 ± 7.95

HTO 62.21 ± 8.58

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

Retrospective study

6

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; length of hospital stay; VAS score; HSS; WOMAC; FTA

Mi et al. [19]

2020

21/21

54.8%

66.4 ± 2.5

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

NR

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; VAS score; HSS

Pian et al. [20]

2020

41/41

70.7%

PFO 59.23 ± 5.89

HTO 58.91 ± 6.10

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

6

mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; length of hospital stay; HSS; KSS; postoperative complications

Wang et al. [21]

2019

16/16

53.1%

PFO 53.19 ± 6.62

HTO 52.01 ± 6.01

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

6

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; length of hospital stay; VAS score; HSS; FTA; AKS; postoperative complications

Ahmed et al. [22]

2019

10/10

40%

PFO 49.27 ± 5.78

HTO 48.30 ± 4.55

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

Egypt

Retrospective study

NR

VAS score; KSS

Li et al. [23]

2019

24/24

43.8%

PFO 55.42 ± 3.17

HTO 54.72 ± 3.96

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

NR

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; HSS; FTA

Chen et al. [24]

2019

15/15

NR

PFO 60.5 ± 1.4HTO 59.9 ± 1.6

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

3

Intraoperative bleeding; length of hospital stay; HSS; AKS; postoperative complications

Wang et al. [25]

2019

40/40

65%

PFO 61 ± 5

HTO 56.72 ± 5.99

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

Retrospective study

9

mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; VAS score; HSS; FTA; AKS

Huo et al. [26]

2019

13/13

65.4%

PFO 62.5 ± 1.4

HTO 62.2 ± 1.6

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

3

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; length of hospital stay; HSS

Ding et al. [27]

2019

49/48

55.7%

PFO 54.43 ± 7.07

HTO 54.02 ± 6.83

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

6

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; VAS score; HSS

Duan et al. [28]

2019

34/34

45.6%

PFO 71.64 ± 5.24

HTO 71.58 ± 5.21

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

NR

VAS score; HSS; postoperative complications

Yu et al. [29]

2019

25/25

50%

PFO 54.5 ± 7.2

HTO 53.6 ± 7.2

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

Retrospective study

NR

VAS score; HSS; postoperative complications

Qiu et al. [30]

2018

26/37

68.3%

PFO 59 ± 3

HTO 59 ± 3

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

Retrospective study

12

mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; WOMAC; postoperative complications

Zhang et al. [31]

2018

44/44

53.4%

PFO 57.6 ± 2.3

HTO 58.2 ± 2.2

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

8

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; length of hospital stay; VAS score; AKS

Han et al. [32]

2018

40/40

28.75%

PFO 62.34 ± 10.75

HTO 62.05 ± 10.48

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

NR

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; length of hospital stay; VAS score; HSS; FTA

Yin et al. [33]

2017

30/30

45%

PFO 62.36 ± 4.53

HTO 63.12 ± 4.33

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

6

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; length of hospital stay; VAS score; HSS; AKS; postoperative complications

Wang et al. [34]

2017

30/30

51.7%

PFO 56 ± 7

HTO 57 ± 7

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

Retrospective study

6

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; VAS score; HSS; FTA; WOMAC; AKS

Chen et al. [35]

2017

73/73

NR

NR

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

6

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; length of hospital stay; VAS score; HSS

Zou et al. [36]

2017

40/52

70.7%

PFO 62.3 ± 13.5

HTO 65.6 ± 17.2

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

NR

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; VAS score; postoperative complications

Song et al. [37]

2017

32/33

53.8%

51.3 ± 7.2

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

RCT study

12

VAS score; HSS; FTA; WOMAC

Yu et al. [38]

2016

29/27

80.4%

PFO 61 ± 5

HTO 60.72 ± 4.99

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

Retrospective study

6.6 ± 1.1

Mean operation time; intraoperative bleeding; length of hospital stay; VAS score; HSS; AKS; postoperative complications

An et al. [39]

2015

24/25

55.1%

PFO 66 ± 8

HTO 64 ± 8

Proximal fibular osteotomy

High tibial osteotomy

China

Retrospective study

12

Postoperative complications

  1. PFO proximal fibular osteotomy, HTO high tibial osteotomy, RCT randomized controlled trial, VAS visual analogue scale, KSS knee society score, HSS hospital for special surgery knee score, AKS American knee society score, WOMAC western Ontario and McMaster university of orthopedic index, FTA femur–tibia angle, NRnot reported