Table 9.

Previous literature examining PROMs in patients with tibial/femoral PTOM, compared with the current study

Author	Year	Number of cases	Management	Follow-up, Mean (range)	Functional outcome
Egol et al. [46]	2009	Tibia: 24 Femur: 16	Debridement + saline irrigation	21 months (10–57)	SMFA: Mean dysfunction score 53.8 (range 41.9–76.3). Mean bother index 51.5 (range 42.6–73.9)
Campbell et al. [31]	2011	Tibia: 12	Debridement, local antibiotics, ex-fix + soft tissue coverage	50 months (26–72)	LEFS: Median score 51 (range 14–80)
Wu et al. [43]	2017	Tibia: 16 Femur: 19	Debridement, local antibiotics, fixation (internal—26, external 9) + soft tissue coverage (8 pts)	29.5 months (24–45)	LEFS: Mean score 65.6 (range 37–80)
Li et al. [47]	2019	Tibia: 18	Debridement, local antibiotics, ex-fix + soft tissue coverage	29.7 months (24–36)	Enneking score: pre-operatively: 9.78 ± 1.26, post-operatively: 24.44 ± 4.27 (representing 81.5% of normal function)
Hotchen et al. [45]	2020	Tibia: 34 Femur: 22	Debridement + local antibiotics ± fixation if indicated	12 months	EQ-5D-3L index score: pre-operatively: 0.284, 1 year post-operatively: 0.740 EQ-VAS: Pre-operatively: 58.2, 1 year post-operatively: 78.9
Arshad et al. [44]	2021	Femur: 14	Debridement + local antibiotics ± fixation if indicated	21.4 months (7–49)	EQ-5D-3L index: Mean score 0.360 EQ-VAS: Mean score 61.6
Current study	2021	Tibia: 24 Femur: 13	Debridement ± local antibiotics, ± fixation ± soft tissue coverage	111 months (66–177)	LEFS: Median score 60 (range 21–80) EQ-5D-3L: Median score 0.760 EQ-VAS: Median score 80

LEFS lower extremity functional scale, SMFA short musculoskeletal function assessment