Table 3. Patient Demographics.
| Study | Study Type (Level) | N | Treatment Type (n) | Total procedures (n) |
Female (n) |
Male (n) |
Age (Mean ± SD, Range) |
Follow-Up (Mean ± SD, Range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbrecht et al9 | Case Series (IV) | 43 | Conservative: 0 Surgical: 43 |
28 | 5 | 20 | 53.5 ± 9.2 yrs | 6.8 ± 4.1 yrs (overall) * |
| Schmidt et al10 | Case Series (IV) | 56 | Conservative: 0 Surgical: 56 |
14 | 42 | 46 mo. (range 15-85) | ||
| Bauer et al11 | Case Series (IV) | 74 | Conservative: 27 Surgical: 47 |
9 | 68 | 51.6 yrs | ||
| Rao et al12 | Case Series (IV) | 14 | Conservative: 0 Surgical: 14 |
14 | 56.1 yrs (range: 34.3-72.7) * |
3 months minimum | ||
| Wörner et al13 | Cohort Study, retrospective (III) | 59 | Conservative: 0 Surgical: 59 |
62 | 9 | 50 | 49.9 ± 1.2 yrs | Median: 14 months (range: 1-82) |
| Berthold et al14 | Cohort Study, retrospective (III) | 22 | Conservative: 21 Surgical: 22 |
2 | 20 | 47.8 ± 11.5 yrs No significant difference between partial & complete. * |
4.1 ± 3.8 yrs for operative 2.2 ± 2.9 yrs for non-op No significant difference between partial & complete. * |
|
| Lee et al15 | Case Series (IV) | 9 | Conservative: 4 Surgical: 5 |
2 | 7 | 56 ± 8.5 yrs (range: 39-64) |
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| Voleti et al16 | Case Series (IV) | 3 | Conservative: 0 Surgical: 3 |
3 | 0 | 3 | 38 ± 13.8 yrs (range: 23-58) |
|
| Ozasa et al17 | Case Report (IV) | 1 | Conservative: 0 Surgical: 1 |
1 | 1 | 58 yrs | 6 yrs | |
| López-Zabala et al18 | Case Series (IV) | 2 | Conservative: 2 Surgical: 0 |
0 | 2 | 49.5 yrs (range: 48-51) |
1 yr. | |
| Bradshaw et al19 | Case Series (IV) | 5 | Conservative: 0 Surgical: 5 |
5 | 3 | 2 | 52 ± 14 yrs (range: 34-75) | 39 ± 33.2 months (range: 6-94) |
| Aggarwal et al20 | Case Report (IV) | 1 | Conservative: 0 Surgical: 1 |
1 | 1 | 64 yrs | 12 months | |
| Giombini et al21 | Case Report (IV) | 1 | Conservative: 1 Surgical: 0 |
1 | 27 yrs | 12 months | ||
| Total: | 290 | Conservative: 55 Surgical: 256 |
47 | 217 | Range: 23-75 yrs | Range: 1-94 months |
*authors did not report values for partial tears only therefore whole-study values were used