Table 1.

Comparison of union, refracture and probability of union without refracture rates amongst different published studies for different methods of treatment

	Patients (n)	Primary union rate (%)	Refracture rate (%)	Success probability (%)	Other
Rodding
Birke et al 201027	8	75	0	75	BMP
Das et al 201428	20	90	25	68	BMP
Dobbs et al 200422	21	86	57	37
Johnston 200229	23	22	0	22
Joseph and Matthew 200030	14	21	5	20
Joseph et al 200331	26	73	15	62
Kim and Weinstein 200232	11	36	50	18
Liu et al 201833	42	95	26	67
Stephens Richards and Anderson 201834	21	76	31	24	BMP
Vigouroux et al 201735	10	40	30	12
Total/Mean	196	61	24	40
Ilizarov
Boero et al 199736	21	81	19	66
Borzunov et al 201637	28	100	61	49
El-Rosasy et al 200110	17	100	68	32
Hissnauer et al 201738	7	86	50	43	BMP
Ohnishi et al 200539	26	100	15	85
Paley et al 199240	16	94	31	65
Total/Mean	115	93.5	41	57
Ilizarov + Rodding
Agashe et al 201241	15	40	17	33
Shabtai et al 201542	10	80	0	80	BMP
Thabet et al 200814	20	100	40	60
Yan et al 201743	51	51	0	51
Zhu et al 201644	56	89	26	66
Total/Mean	152	72	17	58
Free vascularized fibula graft
Grill et al 200059	31	61	16	51
Kalra and Agarwal 201245	26	92.6	15	79
Vigouroux et al 201735	8	38	0	38
Weiland et al 199046	19	74	14	64
Total/Mean	84	66	11	58
Mean all groups		72	24	50.7