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Table 2 Published studies on operative treatments of osteopetrotic femoral fractures

From: Further understanding on osteopetrotic femoral fractures: a case report and literature review

Study

Operation time

Age (years)

Gender

Fracture location

Treatment

Complications

Status at last follow-up

Kleinberg [6]

1954

35

M

L, p

Plate and screw

Hardware failure

Union

Yang et al. [20]

1980

21

F

L, p

Jewett nail

Hardware failure

Union at 12 months

  

52

F

P

Holt nail plate

None

Union at 2 years

Ashby [21]

1992

49*

F

L, P

Zickel nail

Fragmentation of distal fragment with nail placement, placed cerclage wires

Union

  

52*

F

L, P

THA after nail removal

None

Full weight bearing

  

55*

F

R, P

THA

Periprosthetic fracture

Union at 10 months

  

61**

F

L, P

Nail plate device

None

Union

  

69**

F

R, P

Nail plate device

Infection

Nonunion

  

70**

F

R, P

THA after 8 months

Nonunion

Nonambulatory

De Palma et al. [22]

1994

27

M

R, P

Jewett plate

Union, removed plate at 1 year, refractured, dynamic compression plate

Union

Armstrong et al. [23]

1999

N = 4

/

FN

Pins/compression screw

None in there and one treated with pins in 6 months

Union

  

N = 3

/

P

Nail plate/compression screw plate

None

Union

  

N = 2

/

P

ORIF

None in one and nonunion in another

One united at 6 months and nonunion in another

  

31

M

P

Blade plate

None

Union at 16 weeks

Rolauffs et al. [24]

2002

39

M

R, FN

Parallel screws

Hardware failure, infection

Girdlestone

Su et al. [25]

2003

29

M

L, P

ORIF

None

Union

Zhang et al. [26]

2004

44

M

L, FN

THA

Periprosthetic fracture four weeks later

Union at 16 weeks

Chhabra et al. [9]

2005

22***

F

L, P

DHS revision after prior jewett nail

Infection

Infection, nonunion

  

22***

F

R, P

DHS

Hardware failure

Pullout, nonunion

  

41****

F

L, P

Kuntscher nail

Hardware failure

Union 2 months, rod removed at 6 months

  

42****

F

L, P

Kuntscher nail

None

Union

  

45****

F

R,P

Kuntscher nail

None

Union

  

42

M

R, P

Proximally locked intramedullary nail

None

Union at 2 months

Bhargava et al.[11]

2009

48

F

B, S

Locking plate

Delayed union

Full weight bearing at 3 years

Cadosch et al. [27]

2009

37

M

R, P

Intramedullary nail

None

Union at 6 months

Kumar et al. [28]

2012

45

M

B, P

DHS

None

Union at 11 months

Golden and Rodriguez [29]

2010

27

M

B, P

Dynamic Condylar Screw

None

Full weight bearing at 3 years

Amit et al. [13]

2010

35

F

R, P

Locking plate

Incomplete stress fracture

Union at 23 weeks

  

38

F

L, P

Locking plate

None

Union at 21 weeks

Somohata et al. [30]

2011

61

F

R, P

Hemiarthroplasty

None

Full weight bearing at 2 years

Kunnasegaran et al. [31]

2011

38

M

L, P

Plate-screw and total hip replacement

Hardware failure

Partial weight bearing at six weeks

Sen et al. [32]

2013

Mean 26

4 M/1 F

P

Locking plate

None

Union at 3 months

Huang et al. [33]

2013

23

F

B, S

Bilateral plate-screw

None

Unspecified

Kumbaraci et al. [34]

2013

21

F

B, P

Intramedullary nail(PFNA)

None

Union at 12 months

Matar et al. [35]

2014

12

F

L, S

Plate-screw

Unspecified

Unspecified

Huang et al. [14]

2014

67

M

L, P

Plate-screw (LISS)

None

Union at 12 months

Behera et al. [36]

2016

8

M

R, P

DHS

None

Union at 12 weeks

Seyfettinoglu et al. [15]

2016

49

F

L, P

Intramedullary nail (PFNA) and plate-screw

Hardware failure

Union at 12 months

  1. F female, M male, B bilateral, R right, P peritrochanteric, L left, S femoral shaft, FN femoral neck, THA total hip arthroplasty, ORIF open reduction internal fixation, DHS dynamic hip screw, LISS less invasive stabilization system
  2. *, **, ***, ****Represent a patient separately