Skip to main content
. 2024 Mar 14;11(3):345. doi: 10.3390/children11030345

Table 4.

Participant Characteristics. NR = Not Reported.

(Author, Year of Publication) Number of Participants Mean Age Meyers and McKeever Classification Surgical Approach Fixation Method Mean
Follow-Up Time
(Abdelkafy and Said, 2014) [11] 13 10 ± 2.6 I: 0
II: 0
III: 13
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 13
Open: 0
Screw: 0
Suture: 13
10.8 ± 6.8 months
(Brunner et al., 2016) [12] 25 Group A: 11.1 ± 3.3
Group B: 11.7 ± 3.3
I: 0
II: 11
III: 14
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 25
Open: 0
Screw: 10 (non-absorbable suture with screw; Group B)
Suture: 15 (absorbable with transosseus fixation; Group A)
Group A: 28.1 ± 4.6 months
Group B: 47.4 ± 20.7 months
(Caglar et al., 2021) [13] 28 14.2 (8–18) I: 0
II: 16
III: 10
IV: 2
Arthroscopic: 28
Open: 0
Screw: 0
Suture: 28
4.64 years
(Callanan et al., 2019) [14] 68 11.8 ± 2.99 I: 0
II: 14
III: 50
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 68
Open: 0
Screw: 35
Suture: 33
26 (17–47) months
(Casalonga et al., 2010) [15] 32 12.0 I: 8
II: 17
III: 5
IV: 2
Arthroscopic: 0
Open: 7
Conservative: 25
Screw: 3
Suture: 4
14 years and 11 months (5–21 years)
(Chalopin et al., 2022) [16] 17 12 (7–15) I: 0
II: 5
III: 9
IV: 3
Arthroscopic: 17
Open: 0
Screw: 0
Suture: 17 (Single sutures: 11, Double sutures: 6)
28 months (16–48 months)
(Chotel et al., 2016) [17] 15 6.5 ± 1.4 I: 0
II: 3
III: 6
IV: 6
Arthroscopic: 6
Open: 0
Mixed: 4
Conservative: 2
Screw: 0
Suture: 8
4.6 years (1–18.5)
(D’ambrosio et al., 2022) [18] 34 11.5 ± 2.7 I: 0
II: 19
III: 12
IV: 3
Arthroscopic: 34
Open: 0
Screw: 34
Suture: 0
8.8 ± 6 years
(Edmonds et al., 2015) [19] 18 Arthroscopic:
18.3 ± 2.0
Open: 18.2 ± 3.0
Conservative: 17.4 ± 5.0
NR Arthroscopic:
5
Open: 7
Conservative: 6
Screw: 0
Suture: 12
Arthroscopic: 5.6 ± 2.0 years
Open: 6.8 ± 2.0 years
Conservative: 5.8 ± 2.0 years
(Furlan et al., 2010) [20] 10 15 (12–17) I: 0
II: 5
III: 4
IV: 1
Arthroscopic: 10
Open: 0
NR
(K-wire fixation)
42 (9–78) months
(Hirschmann et al., 2009) [21] 6 14 ± 2 I: 0
II: 2
III: 3
IV: 1
Arthroscopic: 6
Open: 0
Screw: 6
Suture: 0
5 ± 2 years
(Jaaskela et al., 2023) [22] 61 11.2 ± 2.6 I: 1
II: 26
III: 34
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 29
Open: 32
Screw: 29
Suture: 32
87.0 ± 47.1 months
(Kieser et al., 2011) [23] 9 12 (6–15) I: 0
II: 2
III: 7
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 2
Open: 7
Screw: 2
Suture: 6
45 (6–260) weeks
(Kim et al., 2007) [24] 10 10.5 (7–13) I: 0
II: 4
III: 6
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 10
Open: 0
Screw: 10
Suture: 0
22.4 (12–81) months
(Kristinsson et al., 2021) [25] 13 11 (4–15) I: 0
II: 9
III: 2
IV: 2
Arthroscopic: 13
Open: 0
Screw: 13
Suture: 0
6.5 (1–10) years
(Liljeros et al., 2009) [26] 13 11 (7–15) I: 0
II: 1
III: 12
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 13
Open: 0
Screw: 13
Suture: 0
NR
(Marie-Laure et al., 2008) [27] 17 12.1 (6–16) I: 0
II: 17
III: 0
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 0
Open: 17
NR 3 (0.5–7) years
(Memisoglu et al., 2016) [28] 11 12.2 (10–16) I: 0
II: 1
III: 9 (A), 1 (B)
IV: 1
Arthroscopic: 11
Open: 0
Screw: 0
Suture: 0
Both: 11 (+ Endobutton)
69 (60–84) months
(Momaya et al., 2017) [29] 7 11.6 (8–15) I: 0
II: 1
III: 6
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 7
Open: 0
Screw: 7
Suture: 0
31 (24–36) months
(Najdi et al., 2016) [30] 24 11 (6–15) I: 0
II: 15
III: 9
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 24
Open: 0
Screw: 24
Suture: 0
2 (1.5–3) years
(Perugia et al., 2009) [31] 10 13.5 (12–15) I: 0
II: 3
III: 7
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 10
Open: 0
Screw: 0
Suture: 10
85.8 (20–188) months
(Russu et al., 2021) [32] 12 14.3 ± 2.1 I: 0
II: 0
III: 12
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 12
Open: 0
Screw: 0
Suture: 12
6 months
(Scrimshire et al., 2018) [33] 40 11.8 I: 3
II: 13
III: 24
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 0
Open: 30
Conservative: 10
Screw: 30
Suture: 0
36 months
(Sharma et al., 2008) [34] 14 (children), 11 (adults) 13 (8–16) I: 0
II: 0
III: 19
IV: 6
Arthroscopic: 0
Open: 24
Screw: 7 (children), 6 (adults)
Suture: 6 (children), 3 (adults)
Stainless steel loop: 2 (children), 2 (adults)
44 months
(Shimberg et al., 2022) [35] 477 Arthroscopic: 12.1
Open: 12.5
I: 14
II: 211
III: 252
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 420
Open: 57
NR 1.12 years
(Shin et al., 2018) [36] 27 10.1 ± 2.2 I: 0
II: 12
III: 13
IV: 2
Arthroscopic: 27
Open: 0
Screw: 27
Suture: 0
3.9 ± 2.2 years
(Sinha et al., 2017) [37] 10 12.1 ± 1.9 NR Arthroscopic:
10
Open: 0
Screw: 0
Suture: 10
12 months
(Tudisco et al., 2010) [38] 14 12.25 (7–16) I: 4
II: 3
III: 7
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 6
Open: 1
Conservative: 7
Screw: 0
Suture: 14
29 (12–42) years
(Uboldi et al., 2022) [39] 19 10 (6–13) I: 0
II: 5
III: 14
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 19
Open: 0
Screw: 19
Suture: 0
27 (6–60) months
(Vega et al., 2008) [40] 7 11.8 I: 0
II: 0
III: 5
IV: 2
Arthroscopic: 7
Open: 0
Screw: 0
Suture: 0
Both: 7
6 (6–24) months
(Watts et al., 2016) [41] 31 Arthroscopic group: 12.9 (7–18)
Open group: 11.5 (7–16)
NR Arthroscopic: 18
Open: 13
Screw: 17
Suture: 11
Both: 3
Arthroscopic: 13.9 (3–33) months
Open: 12.7 (3–50) months
(Wiegand et al., 2014) [42] 8 (+4 treated conservatively) 12.5 I: 4
II: 3
III: 5
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 8
Open: 0
Conservative: 4
Screw: 8
Suture: 0
1 year
(Wiktor and Tomaszewski, 2022) [43] 17 10.1 (5–15.2) I: 0
II: 5
III: 10
IV: 2
Arthroscopic: 10
Open: 7
Screw: 17
Suture: 0
28 ± 21.9 months
(Wouters et al., 2010) [44] 12 12.0 (6–15) NR Arthroscopic: 12
Open: 0
NR 3–10 years
(Xu et al., 2017) [45] 20 15.3 (13–17) I: 0
II: 10
III: 6
IV: 4
Arthroscopic: 20
Open: 0
Screw: 0
Suture: 20
43.4 (40–47) months
(Zhang et al., 2020) [46] 21 12.5 (8–16) I: 0
II: 14
III: 3 (A), 4 (B)
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 21
Open: 0
Screw: 0
Suture: 21
28.4 ± 5.6 months
(Zheng et al., 2021) [47] Group 1 (arthroscopically assisted cannulated screw fixation) = 12
Group 2 (open reduction and cannulated screw internal fixation) = 10
Group 1: 10.94 ± 2.00
Group 2: 10.85 ± 1.53
I: 0
II: 12
III: 22
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 12
Open: 10
Screw: 22
Suture: 0
27.5 (12–58) months
(Zhou et al., 2023) [48] Group 1 (transtibial pullout suture technique) = 21
Group 2 (percutaneous pullout suture transverse tunnel) = 20
Group 1: 12.5 ± 2.6
Group 2: 11.3 ± 2.9
I: 0
II: 19
III: 22
IV: 0
Arthroscopic: 41
Open: 0
Screw: 0
Suture: 41
Group 1: 33.27 ± 4.18 months
Group 2: 34.15 ± 3.65 months