Table 2.
Authors | Number of patients | Mean follow-up, years | Good/excellent results, % |
---|---|---|---|
Dan [4], 1998 | 476 | 3.6 | 89 |
Ruetten et al. [23], 2008 | 100 | 2 | 94 |
Dowd and Wirth [5], 1999 | 84 | 4.5 | 981 |
Gore and Sepic [6], 1984 | 146 | 3.3 | 78 |
Gore and Sepic [7], 1998 | 50 | 21 | 84 |
Hamburger et al. [8], 2001 | 249 | 12.2 | 78 |
Klaiber et al. [13], 1992 | 61 | 6.7 | 87 |
Hubach [11], 1994 | 179 | 10.4 | 84 |
Lunsford et al. [15], 1980 | 253 | 4 | 67 |
Martin et al. [16], 1999 | 317 | 2.8 | not given |
Rao et al. [20], 2008 | 34 | 4 | 76 |
Wirth et al. [33], 2000 | 50 | 4.4 | 96 |
Watters and Levinthal [32], 1994 | 62 | 6 | 95 |
Nandoe Tewarie et al. [18], 2007 | 456 | 7 | 68 |
Schlosser et al. [25], 2006 | 219 | 6.4 | not given |
van den Bent et al. [31], 1996 | 81 | 2 | 73 |
Yue et al. [34], 2005 | 71 | 7.2 | 82 |
Overall | 2,888 | 5.9 | 80 |
‘Helped’ by the procedure (phone interview).