Table 2.

Patients and results treated with augmentative plating

Year of publication	Author	Type of study	Definition of non-union	Number of femoral non-unions	Open fracture	Average age	Months until augmentative plating	Bone graft	Months until union	Radiographic union after first procedure	Complications
2010	Chen C. M.	Case series	–	50	–	44	–	50	6	100	1 superficial infection
2005	Choi Y. S.	Case series	Pain on weight bearing Minimum of 6 months no progression on monthly radiographs for 3 months	8	4	37	10	8	8	100	Nil
2011	Gao K. D.	Case series	Clinical and radiographic unhealed fracture	9	–	38	17	9	7	100	Nil
2011	Hakeos W. M.	Case series	Pain on weight bearing Minimum of 6 months no progression on monthly radiographs for 3 months	7	2	43	9	2 local 5 posterior iliac spine	6	100	1 superficial infection
2015	Jhunjhunwala H. R.	Case series	No evidence of radiographic union for greater than 6 months	40	1	35	6	24	4	98	1 infected non-union
2014	Jiang L.	Cohort series: Augmentation vs. exchange plating	Pain and no evidence of radiographic union greater than 6 months	12	–	46	12	12 anterior iliac spine	4	100	1 plate removal
2012	Lin C. J.	Case series	–	22	0	34	20	13 anterior iliac spine	5.5	100	Nil
2008	Nadkarni B.	Case series	Pain and no evidence of radiographic union	2	0	44	29	2 anterior iliac spine	6.5	100	Nil
2010	Park J.	Cohort series: Exchange nailing vs. plate augmentation	Pain on weight bearing Minimum of 6 months no progression on monthly radiographs for 3 months	4	–	48	11	4	8	100	Nil
2011	Said G. Z.	Case series	–	14	–	42	8	9 anterior iliac spine	4	100	1 superficial wound infection
1997	Ueng S. W.	Case series	Pain and no evidence of radiographic union	17	0	34	15	7	7	100	Nil
2012	Ye J.	Case series		6	0	47	12	6 anterior iliac spine	4.5	100	1 plate removal
				191		41	13.5		5.9	99.8