Table 2 Study results
From: Patellar dislocation: cylinder cast, splint or brace? An evidence-based review of the literature
Conservative treatment | Comparison | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study, year | Method (n) | Redislocation n(%) | Method (n) | Redislocation n(%) | |
Apostolovic, 2011 | Not specified (23) | 1 (4) | Surgery (14) | 2 (14) | Ns |
Bitar, 2012 | Brace (20) | 7 (35) | Surgery (210) | 0 (0) | Nm |
Buchner, 2005 | Brace (63) | 17 (27) | Surgery (37) | 10 (27) | Ns |
Camanho, 2009 | Splint (16) | 8 (50) | Surgery (17) | 0 (0) | Nm |
Cash, 1988 | Group 1 | ||||
Splint (54) | 23 (43) | Surgery (15) | 2 (13) | Nm | |
Group 2 | |||||
Splint (20) | 4 (20) | Surgery (14) | 1 (7) | Nm | |
Christiansen, 2008 | Brace (35) | 7 (20) | Surgery (42) | 7 (17) | Ns |
Cofield, 1977 | Not specified (35) | 11 (31) | Surgery (13) | 0 (0) | Nm |
Hawkins, 1986 | Not specified (20) | 3 (15) | Surgery (7) | 0 (0) | Nm |
Hing # , 2012 | Not specified (157) | 53 (34) | Surgery 182 | 47 (37) | 0.26 |
Mäenpää, 1997 | Cylinder cast (60) | 23 (38) | Splint (17) Brace (23) | 8 (53) 13 (48) | Ns |
Palmu*, 2008 | Brace (28) | 15 (54) | Surgery (36) | 18 (50) | Ns |
Rood, 2012 | Cast (9) | 0 (0) | Tape (9) | 0 (0) | Nm |
Sillanpää, 2008 | Brace (35) | 8 (23) | Surgery (26) | 5 (19) | 0.84 |
Sillanpää, 2009 | Brace (21) | 6 (29) | Surgery (17) | 0 (0) | 0.02 |
Sillanpää, 2011 | Brace restricted ROM (13) | 3 (23) | Brace free ROM (13) | 5 (38) | Ns |