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. 2025 Aug 18;12:1554603. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1554603

Table 1.

The evidence of studies on the assessment of all Pipkin type III fractures with authors, publication date, demographic information, treatment plans, surgical approach, complications, and functional outcomes, which were included in this review.

Study/Year Study design Age/Sex Cause Time of operation (average hours-days) Treatment plan Surgical approach Complications Mean F/U Functional outcome Secondary operation
Stannard et al. UK (15) Case series (1/22) 33/F Traffic accident 1 day ORIF-3 mm cannulated screws X3 with washers Posterior (K–L) AVN 24 months Poor
Yamamoto et al. Japan (16) Case series (1/10) 26/M Traffic accident 3.2 days Arthroscopic debridement AVN within 1 year 7 years Poor
Guimaraes et al. Brazil (17) Case series (2/13) 32/M, 30/M Traffic accident THA
Tonetti et al. France (10) Case series (4/10) Mean age 37.1 years Traffic accident 4.3 days 1 THA, 2-Fragment removal, 1-ORIF Posterior approach (K–L) AVN 3–6 months Poor
Kokubo et al. Japan (12) Case series (2/12) 80/F, 78/F Traffic accident 5 h and 7 h THA Posterolateral 6 years 8 years
Park et al. Korea (18) Case series (5/9) 44/M,36/M, 43/F,72/M, 57/F Traffic accident 2.2 days 2-ORIF, 3-THA Trochanteric Flip osteotomy HO, AVN Poor
Singaravadivelu et al. India (19) Case report (1) 28/M Traffic accident 2-THA Posterior approach (K–L) AVN 8 months Poor
Scolaro et al. USA (11) Case series (7/147) Mean age 39.2 years 7-ORIF Anterior (S-P) and posterior (Kocher–Langenbeck) Fixation failures/AVN 12.4 weeks Poor 2 pts–THA and 1-hemi-arthroplasty
Yu et al. China (14) Case series (6/19) Mean age 40.2 years Traffic accident 48 h-7 days 1-THA, 2-cannulated screws (ORIF), 3-closed cannulated screws Posterior (K–L) for ORIF and THA, 1-AVN 18 months 3 cases-good, 2 cases-Fair, 1 case—Poor
Zhao et al. China (20) Case report (1) 34/M Traffic accident ORIF with cannulated screws and Herbert screws Posterior (K–L) 1 year Good
Keong et al. Singapore (9) Case report (1) 35/F Iatrogenic after reduction ORIF with Herbert and cortical screws Trochanteric Flip osteotomy AVN 4 months Poor 20 THA in 4 months
Peng et al. Taiwan (21) Case series (3/31) Mean age 30 years High energy trauma 2.9 days ORIF cannulated screws Anterior(S-P)/Posterior (Gibson Approach) 2-HO, 2-AVN 6 months-1 years Poor 2-20 THA. 1-f/u observation
Alyousif et al. Saudi Arabia (22) Case report (1) 34/M Iatrogenic after reduction 8 h ORIF with cannulated screws and Herbert screws Modified Gibson approach 26 months Excellent
Mukhopadhaya et al. India (5) Case report (1) 25/M Motorbike accident 4 days ORIF with multiple screws Trochanteric Flip osteotomy Mild AVN in 2 years 5 years Excellent
Sen et al. India (23) Case series (11/138) Mean age 35.71 years Mostly High energy trauma 5-ORIF, 6-THA 2-Infection, 2-AVN, 1-OA 3.57 years 4-Poor,1-Fair, 2-Good, 4-excellent 2-20 THA, 2-Girdlestone arthroplasty
Enocson et al. Sweden (24) Case series (1/47) 60/M Falls 1-THA 3.5 years
Li et al. China (25) Case report (1) 34/M Iatrogenic after reduction 48 h 1-THA
YC Yoon et al. Korea (26) Case series (4/34) 44/M, 31/M Mostly Motor vehicle accidents 2-ORIF with cortical screws Trochanteric Flip osteotomy 1-HO-2nd grade, AVN, 75 weeks 38 weeks 1-Poor, 2-Good THA
Shakya et al. China (13) Case series (8/50) Median age 40 years High energy trauma 6 h 5-ORIF, 3-THA Anterior(S–P) + Lateral stab, Lateral stab, Posterior (K–L) 3-AVN, 3-PTA, 2-SNP 36 months 5-Fair 3-Poor 2 pts–20 THA
Wang et al. China (27) Case series (12) Mean age 34.2 9-Traffic accidents, 2-falls, 1-Bruise injury 7.1 h 10-ORIF, 2-excision fragment Posterior (K–L) 5-AVN, 1-HO, 1-Non-union 6 years 1-Excellent,4-Good,1-Fair, 6-Poor 6 pts–20 THA
Paigude et al. India (28) Case report (1) 35/M Road Traffic Accident 24 h ORIF with 2 headless screws, 3 cancellous cannulated screws Posterior (K–L) 3 months Good

THA, total hip arthroplasty; ORIF, open reduction and internal fixation; S–P, smith–petersen; K–L, kocher–langenbeck; AVN, avascular necrosis; HO, heterotopic ossifications; Pts, patients; 20, THA-secondary THA.