Table 1 General characteristics of included studies
From: Acute compartment syndrome in tibial fractures: a meta-analysis
Study | Country | Study design | ACS/non-ACS | Age | Site of fracture studied | NOS score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ziran BH et al. 2013 | USA | Retrospective | CS: n = 18 non-CS: n = 141 | CS: 42 ± 11.6 non-CS: 48 ± 15.5 | plateau fractures | 6 |
McQueen MM et al. 2015 | UK | Retrospective | ACS: n = 160 non-ACS: n = 1228 | 12–98 | tibial diaphyseal fractures | 5 |
Allmon C et al. 2016 | USA | Retrospective | CS: n = 56 non-CS: n = 922 | ≥ 18 | plateau, shaft or pilon fractures | 7 |
Haller J M et al. 2016 | USA | Retrospective | CS: n = 14 non-CS: n = 145 | ≥ 18 | high-energy tibial plateau and plafond fractures | 6 |
Beebe MJ et al. 2017 | USA | Retrospective | ACS: n = 136 non-ACS: n = 2749 | 42.9 ± 18.0 | fractures involved the proximal segment (OTA/AO 41): 952 fractures involved the middle segment (OTA/AO 42): 1262 fractures involved the distal segment (OTA/AO 43): 834 | 5 |
Gamulin A et al. 2017 | Switzerland | Retrospective | ACS: n = 28 non-ACS: n = 2749 | > 16 | tibial plateau fractures | 7 |
Wuarin L et al. 2020 | Switzerland | Retrospective | ACS: n = 31 non-ACS: n = 239 | > 16 | tibial shaft fractures | 6 |
Deng X et al. 2021 | China | Retrospective | ACS: n = 35 non-ACS: n = 1084 | 18–80 | tibial plateau fractures | 6 |
Bouklouch Y et al. 2022 | USA | Retrospective | ACS: n = 8748 non-ACS: n = 194,752 | Male: 40.2 ± 18.1 female: 49.2 ± 20.7 | Proximal tibial fractures: 38% midshaft fractures: 30% distal fractures: 32% | 8 |
Gamulin A et al. 2022 | Switzerland | Retrospective | ACS: n = 67 non-ACS: n = 658 | > 16 | an intra- or extra-articular proximal tibia fracture (AO/OTAclassification codes 41A2, 41A3, 41B, 41 C), a tibial shaft fracture(AO/OTA 42), or an intra- or extra-articular distal tibia fracture(AO/OTA 43) | 6 |
Smolle MA et al. 2022 | Austria | Retrospective | ACS: n = 23 non-ACS: n = 230 | 50.7 (18.0–85.0) | tibial plateau fractures | 4 |
Ahmed N et al. 2023 | USA | Retrospective | CS: n = 49 non-CS: n = 4443 | < 18 | Open tibia fx: 352 Proximal tibia fx: 1018 Proximal tibia fx extra-articular: 1409 Proximal tibia fx_complete articular_bicondylar_open: 127 Tibia fracture, proximal, complete articular; plateau; bicondylar:1081 Tibia fracture, proximal, extra-articular, open: 35 Tibia fracture, proximal, partial articular: 470 | 6 |
An M et al. 2024 | China | Retrospective | ACS: n = 86 non-ACS: n = 619 | ACS: 32.5 (24.8–53.0) non-ACS: 43.0 (30.0–56.0) | diaphyseal tibial fractures | 6 |
Milner JD et al. 2024 | USA | Retrospective | ACS: n = 296 non-ACS: n = 50,670 | 10–18 | Tibial Tubercle & Tibial Shaft | 7 |
Strain R et al. 2024 | UK | Retrospective | ACS: n = 58 Non-ACS: n = 1089 | ≥ 18 | diaphyseal fractures (AO/OTA type 42) | 5 |
Wang T et al. 2024 | China | Retrospective | ACS: n = 127 non-ACS: n = 127 | ≥ 18 | NR | 6 |
Wier J et al. 2024 | USA | retrospective | CS: n = 87 non-CS: n = 3098 | ≥ 18 | tibial plateau fractures | 6 |