Table 1.
Study characteristics. Clinical outcome, return to sport and complications rates
| Year | Patients | Sex | Mean age | Injury site | Mean follow-up, months | Treatment | Return to sport at preinjury level | Clinical Outcome | Surgical complications | Conservative complications | |
| Schuett | 2015 | 228 | 173 M 55 F | 14,4 | ASIS 68 AIIS 112 IC23 IT 25 | 10 | 2 Surgery 226 Conservative | Not available | Surgery: 2/2 Excellent Conservative: 189/226 Excellent | 5 non-unions 32 persistent pain | |
| Serbest | 2015 | 5 | 3M 2 F | 13,6 | AIIS 5 | 2,5 | 5 Conservative | 5/5 | 5/5 Excellent | ||
| Uzun | 2014 | 9 | 9 M | 14 | AIIS 9 | 26 | 9 Conservative | 9/9 | 9/9 Excellent | ||
| Kautzner | 2014 | 23 | 19 M 4F | 15,1 | ASIS 23 | 12 | 13 Surgery 10 Conservative | 12/13 Surgical 8/10 Conservative | Surgery: 13/13 Excellent Conservative: 10/10 Excellent | 2 heterotopic ossifications, 1 persistent pain and functional restriction | 2 functional restriction 3 meralgia paraesthetica |
| Li | 2014 | 10 | Not | ||||||||
| available | 14,6 | IC 10 | 11,2 | 10 Surgery | 10/10 | 10/10 Excellent | 0 | ||||
| Pogliacomi | 2013 | 24 | 24 M | 15 | ASIS 5 AIIS 19 | 48 | 12 Surgery 12 Conservative | 11/12 Surgical 12/12 Conservative | Surgery: 12/12 Excellent Conservative: 12/12 Excellent | 1 heterotopic ossification 1 meralgia paraesthetica 3 impingement with soft tissues (screw removal necessary) | 5 heterotopic ossifications |
| Ferlic | 2013 | 13 | 12 M 1F | 14,7 | IT 13 | >24 | 5 Surgery 8 Conservative | 4/5 Surgical 6/8 Conservative | Surgery: 4/5 Excellent Conservative: 4/8 Excellent | 2 non-unions | |
| Willinger | 2017 | 2 | 2 M | 16,5 | ASIS 2 | 18 | 2 Surgery | 2/2 | 2/2 Excellent | 1 transient meralgia paraesthetica 1 heterotopic ossification |