Author(s)

Year published

Study design

Type of implant

Number of patients (n)

Number of joints (n)

Average age (years)

Average follow-up (months)

Index

Long

Ring

Little

Joint pathology

Snow, et al. [14]

1977

Case series

Swanson

4

7

-

-

4

2

1

0

OA

Brown [15]

1989

Case series

Silicone

13

21

-

-

-

-

-

OA

Zimmerman, et al. [10]

1989

Case series

Silicone

18

31

58.3

72.2

6

17

5

3

OA, RA

Schwartz and Peimer [16]

1998

Case report

Swanson

1

2

70

10

1

0

0

0

OA

Sierakowski, et al. [4]

2011

Prospective cohort

Swanson

85

131

59

36

58

36

20

17

OA, previous trauma

Total

121

192

69

55

26

20

Average

62.4

39.4