Surgical treatment of femoral deformities in polyostotic fibrous dysplasia and McCune-Albright syndrome: A literature review

Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria (population, intervention, comparator, outcome)

	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Population	(1) Patients affected by polyostotic fibrous dysplasia or MAS; and (2) Patients affected by femoral deformities	(1) Patients affected by monostotic fibrous dysplasia; (2) Patients affected by PFD or MAS originally treated for fractures or impending fractures; (3) Patients affected by other kind of dysplastic pathologies as fibrocartilaginous dysplasia; and (4) Patients treated for deformities caused by PFD but not affecting femur
Intervention	(1) Osteotomies; and (2) Internal fixation by intramedullary nailing	(1) External fixation only; (2) Bone grafting or transplantations techniques only; and (3) Other surgical techniques
Comparison group	Internal fixation by peripheral plate	Not applicable
Outcome	Studies reporting clinical, radiographic evaluation	Not applicable
Time	Studies published from any date to 2021	Not applicable
Study type	(1) Cohort studies; (2) Case-control studies; and (3) Randomized control trials	(1) Letters; and (2) Case reports
Language	English	Other languages

MAS: McCune-Albright syndrome; PFD: Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia.