Table 1.
General characteristics of the included studies.
| Author | Year | Source | Design/Evidence Class | Reconstruction | Grade | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gebhardt | 1987 | J Bone Joint Surg [Am] | RCS/IV | Allograft | Low | 9 |
| Casadei | 1994 | Foot Ankle Int | RCS/IV | Allograft/Autograft | Low | 12 |
| Abudu | 1999 | Int Orthop | RCS/IV | Prostheses | Low | 4 |
| Lee | 1999 | J Bone Joint Surg [Br] | RCS/IV | Prostheses | Low | 5 |
| Natarajan | 2000 | Int Orthop | RCS/IV | Prostheses | Low | 6 |
| Moore | 2005 | Clin Orthop Relat Res | RCS/IV | Allograft | Low | 8 |
| Laitinen | 2005 | Int Orthop | RCS/IV | Allograft/Autograft/Prostheses/Distraction osteogenesis | Low | 15 |
| Shalaby | 2006 | J Bone Joint Surg [Br] | RCS/IV | Autograft | Low | 6 |
| Balsamo | 2007 | Clin Orthop Relat Res | RCS/IV | Allograft | Low | 12 |
| Ebeid | 2007 | Acta Orthop Belg | RCS/IV | Autograft | Low | 13 |
| Campanacci | 2008 | Foot Ankle Int | RCS/IV | Allograft/Autograft | Low | 8 |
| Niimi | 2008 | J Cancer Res Clin Oncol | RCS/IV | Autograft/Allograft/Prostheses | Low | 10 |
| Saglik | 2008 | Foot Ankle Int | Case report/V | Autograft | Low | 2 |
| Jeon | 2008 | Arch Orthop Trauma Surg | RCS/IV | Recycled autograft | Low | 9 |
| EL-Sherbiny | 2008 | J Egypt | RCS/IV | Autograft | Low | 16 |
| Shekkeris | 2009 | J Bone Joint Surg [Br] | RCS/IV | Prostheses | Low | 6 |
| Ste´phane | 2009 | J Pediatr Orthop | RCS/IV | Autograft | Low | 13 |
| Ozaki | 2009 | Acta Orthop Scand | RCS/IV | Allograft | Low | 3 |
| Hamada | 2011 | The Foot | Case report/V | Prostheses | Low | 1 |
| Mavrogenis | 2012 | Clin Orthop Relat Res | Retrospective comparative study/III | Allograft/Amputation | Low | 42 |
| Kundu | 2013 | J Orthopaed Traumatol | RCS/IV | Autograft | Low | 9 |
| Liu | 2013 | Bull Cancer | RCS/IV | Recycled autograft | Low | 10 |
| Scaglioni | 2013 | Ann Plas Surg | RCS/IV | Autograft | Low | 5 |
| Ajit Singh | 2013 | Asia-Pac J Clin Oncol | Case report/V | Prostheses | Low | 4 |
| Quyang | 2015 | World J Surg Oncol | Case report/V | Distraction osteogenesis | Low | 1 |
| Fan | 2016 | World J Surg Oncol | Case report/V | Autograft | Low | 1 |
| Xu | 2017 | Foot Ankle Surg | RCS/IV | Allograft | Low | 5 |
| Zhang | 2017 | Foot Ankle Surg | RCS/IV | Autograft | Low | 5 |
| Gede | 2017 | J Orthop Surg | Case report/V | Recycled autograft | Low | 4 |
| Han | 2017 | Clin Orthop Relat Res | Retrospective comparative study/III | Recycled autograft/Amputation | Low | 79 |
| Yang | 2017 | J Orthop | RCS/IV | Prostheses | Low | 8 |
| Mizoshiri | 2018 | BMC Cancer | Case report/V | Distraction osteogenesis | Low | 1 |
| Lou | 2018 | Int Orthop | RCS/IV | Distraction osteogenesis | Low | 5 |
RCS = retrospective case series. N = number of patients included for analysis.