Table 3.

Review of literature of relevant studies about plate augmentation.

Reference	No of patients	Avg age (range)	Avg follow up (range)	Used surgical technique	Union rate %	Time to union	Functional results	Encountered complications
Uliana CS et al. (2021) [17]	22	32.3 years	23.5 months	Plate augmentation with retained nail	19 (86%)	11.7 months	8 excellent; 14 good	No complications
Ebrahimpour A et al. (2021) [18]	19	42.8	12 months	Plate augmentation with retained nail	18 (94.7%)	4.75 months	VAS31 ± 18.8	No complications
Mittal KK et al. (2021) [19]	21	22–58 years	12 months	Plate augmentation with retained nail	21 (100%)	6 months (4–8)	Parker mobility score improved from 0 to 4 (2.81) to 8.9	No complications
Chiang et al. (2016) [10]	30	50.5 (24–91)	no	Plate augmentation with retained nail	29	no	no	Broken screw not affect union 2 cases
								One case infection at iliac crest required debridement
								VTE in 2 cases
Jhunjhunwala and Dhawale (2016) [12]	40	35 (18–65)	12 months	Plate augmentation with retained nail	39	4 months (3–6 months)	Not mentioned	One patient deep infection
Vaishya et al. (2016) [20]	16	36 (26–55)	9.62 (7–15 months)	Plate augmentation with retained nail	16	6.25 months (4– 9 months)		One patient develop surgical site infection need debridement
Birjandinejad A et al. (2009) [21]	25	31.4 (18-53 years)	12 months	Plate augmentation with retained nail	25 (100%)	4.78 months (1–6 months)		One patient developed wound infection