Review Article

Reconstruction of Chronic Injured Distal Tibiofibular Syndesmosis with Autogenous Tendon Graft: A Systematic Review

Table 2

Descriptive data of the included studies.

Study (years)Number of patientsMean age (years)Follow-up (months)Functional evaluationMean intervals (months)Autogenous graft usageInitial postoperative weight bearing (weeks)

Grass et al. [13] (2003)2 men, 14 women4016.4 (range from 13 to 29)Karlsson score14 (besides two chronic patients)Peroneus longus tendon1
Zamzami and Zamzam [14] (2009)11 men31.5 (range from 19 to 44)37 (range from 24 to 60)West Point Ankle Score System56 (range from 24 to 120)Semitendinosus tendon9-11
Morris et al. [15] (2009)8 patients33.9 (range from 17 to 46)39 (range from 9 to 86)AOFAS, VAS, SF-36, Maryland13 (range from 3 to 28)Semitendinosus tendon2
Yasui et al. [16] (2011)5 men, 1 woman35 (range from 19 to 56)44 (range from 31 to 50)AOFAS, VAS12 (range from 10 to 27)Gracilis tendon4
Colcuc et al. [7] (2016)10 patients41 (range from 18 to 71)17AOFAS, Weber score11 (range from 7 to 15)Plantaris longus tendon8