Table 2.

Study and patient characteristics

Author	Year	Country	Salvage or amputation	% Male	Mean pt age	Months of follow-up (range)
Arangio	1997	U.S.A.	Salvage	83	35	39 (21-56)
Bosse	2002	U.S.A.	Salvage	75	36	24 (N/A)
Caudle	1987	U.S.A.	Salvage	86	36	71 (7-147)
Celikoz	2005	Turkey	Salvage	100*	22	25 (9-47)
Conroy	2003	U.K.	Salvage	81	44	50 (12-96)
Dagum	1999	Canada	Both	73	37	Salvage 71 (7-147) Amputation 53 (12-82)
Francel	1992	U.S.A.	Both	74	32	42 (N/A)
Georgiadis	1993	U.S.A.	Both	88	Salvage 33 Amputation 32	Salvage 35 (20-96) Amputation 44 (19-90)
Gopal	2000	England	Salvage	80	37	12 minimum (or until union)
Gopal	2004	England	Salvage	82	48**	46 (15-80)
Graf	1998	Germany	Salvage	78	40	6 (1-17)
Hertel	1996	Switzerland	Both	N/A	Salvage 22 Amputation 23	Salvage 83 (23-143) Amputation 83 (25-138)
Hertel	1999	Switzerland	Both	79	31	47 (15-89)
Hoogendoorn	2001	The Netherlands	Both	77	Salvage 40 Amputation 45	N/A
Keating	2000	Canada	Salvage	87	36	41 (12-79)
Naique	2006	England	Salvage	83	42	14 (8-48)
O'Sullivan	1997	Ireland	Salvage	80	35	N/A
Peat	1990	New Zealand	Salvage	N/A	25	Until union or amputation (~12-36)
Pelissier	2003	France	Salvage	76	34	84 (14-180)
Puno	1996	U.S.A.	Both	83	28	48.2 (12-116)
Redett	2000	U.S.A.	Salvage	72	39	N/A (1-84 months)
Robinson	1995	Scotland	Salvage	76	41	38 (6-78)
Schandelmaier	1997	Germany	Salvage	85	36	22 (12-46) for 32 of 41 pts
Seekamp	1998	Germany	Both	N/A	38	4.6
Trabulsy	1994	U.S.A.	Salvage	69	27	16 (12-46)
Xu	2006	China	Salvage	89	43	77 (6-12 years)
Yakuboff	1990	U.S.A.	Salvage	N/A	28	26 (NA)
Yazar	2006	Taiwan	Salvage	68	35	>24 months

^*Only males were included in this study as part of their selection criteria.

^**This is the average age of the adult group, which does not include 4 children included in their results