Return to sport following tibial plateau fractures: A systematic review

Table 3 Fractures treated by Open Reduction Internal Fixation - only patients with follow-up data included

Ref.	n	Study design	Mean follow-up	Treatment	Mode ofinjury	Fracture types	Report of IA injuries	IA injury repair	Coleman score	Return rate	Return rate bytreatment modality	Return rate tosame level of sport	Return time (range)	Rate of union	Time tounion (range)
Ahearn et al[12] (2014)	21	RCS	40.5 mo	PF (21)	Falls RTA pedestrian	Schatzker VI Bicondylar	No	Not reported	62	14/21 (67%)	PF: 14/21 (67%)	4/21 (19%)	N/A	21/21 (100%)	N/A
Brunner et al[19] (2009)	5	CS	39 mo	PF (5)	Skiing (4) Falls (1)	Moore type II	Yes	Yes	61	5/5 (100%)	PF: 5/5 (100%)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Canadian Orthopaedic Trauma Society[11] (2006)	33	RCT	24 mo	PF (33)	Falls RTA Pedestrian Sports Work Cycling	Schatzker V and VI	Yes	Yes	74	4/33 (12%)	PF: 4/33 (12%)	4/33 (12%)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chang et al[16] (2014)	16	PCS	28.7 mo	PF (16)	N/A	Schatzker VI AO/OTA C2-3	Yes	Yes	66	14/16 (88%)	PF: 14/16 (88%)	14/16 (88%)	N/A	16/16 (100%)	20.2 wk
Keogh et al[13] (1992)	13	RCS	17 mo	PSF (13)	RTA (5) Falls (5) Work (2) Sport (1)	Schatzker I-VI	No	Not reported	45	11/13 (85%)	PSF: 11/13 (85%)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Morin et al[14] (2016)	15	PCS	18.2 mo	SF (15)	Skiing (15)	Postero-Medial Moore Type I	Yes	Yes	73	13/15 (87%)	SF: 13/15 (87%)	0/15 (0%)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stevens et al[17] (2001)	46	RCS	100 mo	PF (46)	RTA (13) Pedestrian (13) Falls (9) Sports (6) Work (2)	Schatzker I-VI	Yes	Yes	70	21/46 (46%)	PF: 21/46 (46%)	6/46 (13%)	N/A	46/46 (100%)	N/A
van Dreumel et al[15] (2015)	26	RCS	74 mo	SF PF	Falls (57%) RTA (25%) Other (14%)	Schatzker I-VI AO/OTA B1-C3	No	Not reported	79	15/26 (58%)	SF: N/A PF: N/A	15/26 (58%)	6.9 (2-18) mo (median)	N/A	N/A
Waldrop et al[18] (1988)	3	RCS	59 mo	PF (6) ORBG (12)	Falls RTA Skiing	Postero-Lateral (displaced)	Yes	Yes	69	18/18 (100%)	PF: 6/6 (100%) ORBG: 12/12 (100%)	17/18 (100%)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Mean values unless otherwise stated. RCS: Retrospective cohort study; PCS: Prospective cohort study; RCT: Randomised controlled trial; CS: Case series; ORIF: Open reduction internal fixation; PF: Plate fixation; SF: Screw fixation; PSF: Percutaneous screw fixation; ORBG: Open reduction and bone grafting; RTA: Road traffic accident; Pedestrian - Pedestrian struck by Motor Vehicle; AO/OTA: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen/Orthopaedic Trauma Association; N/A: No data available; IA: Intra-articular.