Table 2.
Study Characteristics
| Author, Year | Study Sites | Location | Study Design | Overall number of subjects | Follow up after revision (mean) | Meandwell time in years (standard deviation) | Combined major complications n (%) | Mortality n (%) | Reoperation/pocket revision n (%) | Quality** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore, 2009(14) | Single | US | retrospective | 237 | 198 days | 2.6 (1.3) | 4 (1.69) | 0 | 4 (1.69) | Fair |
| Amin, 2008(9) | Single | US | retrospective | 57 | NR | NR | 0 | 0 | 0 | Poor |
| Mahajan, 2008(23) | Multi | US | retrospective | 89 | NR | 3.1 (1.3) | 2 (2.25) | 1 (1.12) | 1 (1.12) | Poor |
| Costea, 2008(15) | Single | US | retrospective | 222 | 3 months* | NR | 6 (2.70) | 0 | 4 (1.80) | Fair |
| Kapa, 2007(12) | Single | US | retrospective | 162 | 60 days * | NR | 1 (0.62) | NR | 1 (0.62) | Poor |
| Hauser, 2006(11) | Multi | US | retrospective | 135 | NR | 1.7 (0.8) | 1 (0.74) | 1 (0.74) | NR | Poor |
| Gould, 2006(24) | Multi | Non-US | retrospective | 533 | 2.7 months | 2.2 (1.0) | 33 (6.19) | 2 (0.38) | 31 (0.75) | Fair |