Table 1.

Characteristics of included studies

Study Year	Year	Male	Age	Sample size	Follow up	PROM	Pre	Post
Larson and Giveans [6]	2008	56%	34.7	96	9.9 month	VAS	6.74	1.88
Horisberger et al. [4]	2010	73%	40.9	105	2.3 years	VAS	5.5	1.5
Larson and Giveans [10]	2009	61% (debrid)	32	44	44 months	VAS	6.5	1.7
		58% (refix)	28	50	41 months	VAS	5.7	0.7
Palmer et. al [5]	2012	49%	40.2	201	46 months	VAS	6.8	2.7
Bardakos et al. [11]*	2008	58%	33	24	1 year	mHHS	65	91
Byrd et al. [12]	2009	69%	33	200	16 months	mHHS	65	85
Clohisy et al. [7]	2010	80%	34	35	2.2 year	mHHS	63.8	85.9
Haviv et al. [13]	2010	80%	37	166	22 months	mHHS	70.7	86.1
Byrd and Jones [9]	2011	67%	34	100	2 years	mHHS	65	86.5
Byrd et al. [14]	2011	74%	28.6	116	19 Months	mHHS	72	96
Philippon et al. [15]	2009	45%	40.6	112	2.3 years	mHHS	58	84.3
						HOS	70	87.8
Nho et al. [2]	2011	72%	22.8	47	27 months	mHHS	68.6	88.5
						HOS	78.8	91.4

*MHHS is multiplied with 1.1. This makes the scores comparable with the other studies [16].