Return to sport following tibial plateau fractures: A systematic review

Table 6 Surgical cohorts with combined outcome data - only patients with follow-up data included

Ref.	n	Study design	Mean follow-up	Treatment	Mode of injury	Fracture types	Report of IA injuries	IA injury repair	Coleman score	Return rate	Return rate by treatment modality	Return rate to same level of sport	Return time (range)	Rate of union	Time to union (range)
Kraus et al[36] (2012)	79	RCS	53 mo	PF PSF APSF	Sports (54%) RTA (20%) Falls (18%)	Schatzker I-VI AO/OTA A2-C3	Yes	Yes	47	65/79 (82%)	ORIF: N/A PSF: N/A APSF: N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Loibl et al[37] (2013)	92	RCS	94 mo	PF PSF ARSF	Skiing (92)	AO/OTA B1-C3	No	Not reported	55	81/92 (88%)	ORIF: N/A PSF: N/A APSF: N/A	57/92 (62%)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Scheerlinck et al[35] (1998)	38	RCS	62 mo	APSF (30) Arthro Frame (2) Arthro Frame and IF (6)	N/A	AO/OTA B1-C3	Yes	Yes	68	32/38 (84%)	APSF: N/A Arthro Frame: N/A Arthro Frame and IF: N/A	24/38 (63%)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Mean values unless otherwise stated. RCS: Retrospective cohort study; PF: Plate fixation; PSF: Percutaneous screw fixation; APSF: Arthroscopic percutaneous screw fixation; Arthro frame: Arthroscopic-assisted frame application; Arthro frame and IF: Arthroscopic-assisted frame application with internal fixation; RTA: Road traffic accident; AO/OTA: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für osteosynthesefragen/orthopaedic trauma association; N/A: Data not available; IA: Intra-articular.