Table 2.

Comparison of intercalary reconstructions with massive allograft and vascularised fibula in the lower limb.

Author	Patients	Complications donor site	Infection	Fracture	Nonunion	Failure	Reconstruction survival
Presented results	12	2 in 2 pat	2 (16.6%)	4 (33.3%)	4 (33.3%)	0	100% at ~3.5 years
Capanna et al. [30]	90	n.s	7 (7.5%)	12 (13.3%)	8 (8.8%)	6 (6.5%)	93.3% at ~9 years
Li et al. [32]	11	10 in 5 pat	0	0	1 (9%)	1 (9%)	90.9% at ~2.8 years
Jager et al. [33]	7	7 in 6 pat	1 (14.28%)	1 (14.28%)	2 (28.5%)	0	100% at ~3.7 years
Li et al. [31]	8	4 in 2 pat	0	0	2 (25%)	1 (12.5%)	87.5% at ~3.2 years
Innocenti et al. [34]	21	5 in 4 pat	1 (4.7%)	6 (28.5%)	2 (9.5%)	4 (19%)	80.9% at 10 years
Abed et al. [35]	25	6 in 5 pat	1 (4%)	9 (36%)	1 (4%)	5 (20%)	79% at 5 years
Moran et al. [36]	7	1 in 1 pat	0	2 (28.6%)	2 (28.5%)	0	100% at ~4.3 years
Bernd et al. [37]	16	1 in 1 pat	2 (12.5%)	1 (6.25%)	5 (31.3%)	1 (6.3%)	93.75% at ~5 years
Hennen et al. [38]	10	0	1 (10%)	0	1 (10%)	2 (20%)	80% at ~2.6 years
Ozaki et al. [39]	12	n.s	0	4 (33%)	n.s	0	100% at ~2.6 years

n.s: not specified; Percentages in brackets.