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Table 2 The patient characteristics of the included studies

From: Operative versus conservative treatment for patellar dislocation: a meta-analysis of 7 randomized controlled trials

 

Sample size

Mean age

Gender(M/F)

Op

N-op

Op

N-op

Op

N-op

Nikku et al. 1997, 2005 [23, 24];

70

57

20

20

18/52

27/30

Palmu et al. 2008 [25];

36

28

13

13

9/27

9/19

Christiansen et al. 2008 [26];

42

35

20

19.9

24/18

18/17

Sillanpää et al. 2008 [8];

18

22

20

20

17/1

20/2

Camanho et al. 2008 [2];

17

16

24.6

26.8

6/11

7/9

Bitar et al. 2012 [9];

21

20

23.9

24.1

9/12

11/9

Petri et al. 2012 [7];

12

8

27.2

21.6

8/4

5/3

  1. M: Male; F: Female; Op: Operative; N-op: Non-operative.
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Diagnostic Pathology

ISSN: 1746-1596

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