Table 3.
Demographic Data of the Patients Analyzed in the Articles Included in the Qualitative Data Synthesis.
| Data Reported | Available Data | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | No. of Patients with Available Data | No. of Studies Reporting Data | |
| No. of patients | 526 | |||
| No. of patients at follow-up | 507 | |||
| Study design (patients reported) | 450 | 20 | ||
| Randomized controlled trial | 34 | 7.6 | 1 a | |
| Comparative studies | 130 | 28.8 | 4 | |
| Case series | 286 | 63.6 | 15 b | |
| Follow-up, months, mean | 34.4 | 502 | 23 | |
| Sex | 420 | 17 | ||
| Men | 258 | 61.4 | ||
| Women | 162 | 38.6 | ||
| Age, years | 35.3 | 462 | 20 | |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 26.1 | 298 | 12 | |
| Location | 402 | 17 | ||
| MFC | 208 | 51.7 | ||
| LFC | 59 | 14.7 | ||
| Patella | 104 | 25.9 | ||
| Trochlea | 24 | 6.0 | ||
| Multi/Tibial Plateau | 7 | 1.7 | ||
| Size, cm2, mean | 3.6 | 458 | 19 | |
| Grade | 192 | 8 | ||
| Outerbridge III | 64 | 33.3 | ||
| Outerbridge IV | 128 | 66.7 | ||
| Scaffold | 516 | 23 | ||
| Chondro-Gide | 355 | 68.8 | 15 | |
| CaReS-1S | 81 | 15.7 | 4 | |
| Hyalofast | 40 | 7.8 | 2 | |
| Coltrix | 30 | 5.8 | 1 | |
| CartiFill | 10 | 1.9 | 1 | |
| Failures | 16 | 5.9 | 271 | 14 |
MFC = medial femoral condyle; LFC = lateral femoral condyle.
a
One study reported the preliminary results of the same survey was excluded from the total.
b
Two studies reported the preliminary results of the same survey were excluded from the total.