Table 6.

Infection and instability rates from the literature

Study	Number of patients	Followup (months)	Infection rate	Instability rate
Valenti et al. [16]	39	84	5%	NR
Sirveaux et al. [14]	80	45	1%	5%
Rittmeister et al. [13]	8	54	13%	NR
Boulahia et al. [2]	16	35	NR	6%
De Wilde et al. [4]	13	36	15%	31%
Sirveaux et al. [15]	80	44	1%	9%
Boileau et al. [1]	45	40	4%	NR
Werner et al. [18]	58	38	3%	9%
Frankle et al. [6]	60	33	3%	2%
Guery et al. [9]	66	70	5%	3%
Levy et al. [10]	29	35	3%	14%
Wall et al. [17]	199	24	4%	8%
Wierks et al. [19]	20	9	5%	10%
Trappey et al.	284	24	3%	6%

NR = not reported