Table 7 Comparison of treatment results for nonunion of the tibia.

From: The outcomes of Ilizarov treatment in aseptic nonunions of the tibia stratified by treatment strategies and surgical techniques

References

Number of patients

Bone union (%)

Complications per patient

Yin et al.1

590

97.8

 

Peng et al.2

58

100

0.67

Schoenleber et al.3

8

100

0.875

Zhang et al.4

25

100

0.2

Abuomira et al.5

55

89

1.2

Baruah et al.6

50

98

 

Eralp et al.7

13

92.3

1.38

Hosny et al.8

11

100

1.27

Khan et al.9

24

87

 

Madhusudhan et al.10

22

81.8

2.01

Magadum et al.11

25

96

 

Meleppuram et al.15

42

100

1.6

Sahu et al.16

60

100

 

Sanders et al.17

19

84.2

 

Shahid et al.18

12

100

 

Wang et al.19

15

100

 

Wani et al.12

26

100

2.27

Yin et al.13

65

100

 

McNally et al.20

79

73.7–96.2

 

Dróżdż et al.21

54

86

 

Marsh et al.22

46

87

 

Current study

75

100

0.25–0.45