TABLE XIV.
Rate of Hardware Removal by Surgery Type
| Surgery Type | No. of Studies (N = 44) | No. of Patients (N = 2,793) | Total No. of Patients Affected | % of Patients Affected (95% CI) | I2 | P Value* |
| Distal osteotomy | 12 (27.3%) | 955 (34.2%) | 24 | 1.9 (0.3-4.9) | 80% | <0.001 |
| Proximal osteotomy | 15 (34.1%) | 708 (25.3%) | 43 | 3.4 (0.7-7.9) | 90% | <0.001 |
| Shaft osteotomy | 10 (22.7%) | 654 (23.4%) | 18 | 2.3 (1-4.2) | 40% | 0.1 |
| Shaft and Akin osteotomies | 2 (4.5%) | 143 (5.1%) | 23 | 16 (10.5-22.4) | 0% | 0.66 |
| Proximal and Akin osteotomies | 1 (2.3%) | 70 (2.5%) | 5 | 7.1 (2.3-14.3) | – | – |
| First TMT arthrodesis† | 2 (4.5%) | 154 (5.5%) | 10 | 6.4 (3.1-10.8) | 0% | 0.68 |
| Other | 2 (4.5%) | 109 (3.9%) | 23 | 21.1 (14-29.2) | 0% | 0.88 |
| Total | 44 | 2,793 | 146 | 3.8 (2.2-5.9) | 80% | <0.001 |
*
Cochran test for heterogeneity of studies within each surgery type.
†
TMT = tarsometatarsal.