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Table 2 Clinical outcomes of conservative and surgical treatments in included studies

From: A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing conservative and surgical treatments for acute patellar dislocation in children and adolescents

Study

Group (n)

Redislocation

Postoperative complications

Kujala score

Tegner score

Pain

Surgery after initial intervention

*Subjective results

Askenberger et al. [28]

Conservative: 37

Surgical: 37

16

8

2

95.9 ± 7.2

90.9 ± 13.0

5.0 ± 1.4

4.5 ± 2.0

89.3 ± 11.7

83.1 ± 16.8

Conservative: 6

Surgical: 0

NP

Apostolovic et al. [31]

Conservative: 23

Surgical: 14

1

2

NP

NP

NP

NP

Conservative: 4

Surgical: 4

NP

Regalado et al. [10]

Conservative: 15

Surgical: 15

11

5

3

NP

NP

NP

Conservative: 4

Surgical: 0

Conservative: 11

Surgical: 13

Palmu et al. [8]

Conservative: 28

Surgical: 32

20

24

2

84.0 ± 13.0

83.0 ± 18.0

6.0 ± 1.9

4.4 ± 1.4

91.0 ± 10.0

84.0 ± 18.0

Conservative: 11

Surgical: 16

Conservative: 21

Surgical: 21

  1. VAS visual analogue scale, KOOS Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, QOL quality of life, NP not provided
  2. *Subjective result: scoring or number of patients with excellent or good subjective results were evaluated