Effectiveness of suture anchor and transosseous suture technique in arthroscopic foveal repair of the triangular fibrocartilage complex: a systematic review

Table 2 Study characteristics of arthroscopic transosseous repair of the triangular fibrocartilage complex foveal tear

References	Study design	Case number	Gender (F/M)	Age (years)	From injury to surgery (months)	Follow-up (months)	Outcome measurement
References	Study design	Case number	Gender (F/M)	Age (years)	From injury to surgery (months)	Follow-up (months)	VAS	Function score	ROM	Grip	Complication (%)
Iwasaki et al. [36]	Case series	12	6:6	31	8	30	V	DASH	PS, FE	V	2 (16.7%)
Shinohara et al. [27]	Case series	11	4:7	27	9.7	30		MMWS	PS, FE	V	3 (27.3%)
Jegal et al. [37]	Case series	19	8:11	37	6	31		DASH, PRWE		V	9 (47.4%)
Abe et al. [38]	Case control	21	NA	34	8.5	34.4	V	PS, FE		V	0
Park et al. [28]	Case series	16	4:12	29.8	11	31.1	V	MMWS, Quick DASH		V	0
Park and Park [29]	Case series	10	4:6	33.4	8.5	23.5	V	MMWS, Quick DASH		V	0
Dunn et al. [30]	Case series	15	2:13	21.4	3.8	45.6					0
Jung et al. [31]	Case control	42	13:29	35.3	12.4	26.2	V	MMWS, DASH, PRWE	PS, FE	V	0
Park et al. [39]	Case control	80	24:56	27.8	10.5	24	V	MMWS, Quick DASH		V	6 (7.5%)
Hung et al. [15]	Case control	8	4:4	28.4	NA	6	V	FE		V	0
Liu et al. [43]	Case control	25	8:17	28	8	31	V	MMWS, DASH, PRWE	PS, FE	V	1 (4.0%)
Thalhammer et al. [42]	Case series	30	21:9	25	7	106	V	MMWS, DASH			5 (16.7%)
Afifi et al. [12]	RCT	30	15:15	30.2	5.6	24	V	MMWS, Quick DASH, PRWE		V	6 (20.0%)
Gvozdenovic and Simonsen [33]	Case series	44	20:24	32	23	31	V	Quick DASH	PS, FE	V	0
Jung et al. [32]	Case control	40	12:28	34.9	7.6	25	V	MMWS, DASH, PRWE		V	0
Park et al. [40]	Case series	17	5:12	40	8	28.6	V	MMWS, DASH, PRWE	PS, FE	V	0
Yang and Chen [19]	Case series	12	5:7	32	5	53		MMWS, DASH			0
Nam et al. [45]	Case control	66	11:55	24.7	14.4	26.9	V	MMWS, Quick DASH		V	0
Shinohara et al. [44]	Case series	20	11:9	36	NA	17		MMWS	PS, FE	V	2 (10.0%)

F female, M male, VAS visual analogue scale, ROM range of motion, PS pronation–supination, FE flexion–extension, NR not recorded, RCT randomized controlled trial, MMWS modified Mayo wrist score, DASH disabilities of arm, shoulder and hand, PRWE patient-rated wrist evaluation

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