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Table 4 Surgical outcome characteristics of the snapping group

From: The effect of iliotibial band surgery at the hip: a systematic review

Year, author

Syndrome

Surgical

intervention (study description)

Additional

bursectomy

Surgical

approach

Patients included hips

PROM, preoperative, mean (range)

PROM, postoperative, mean (range)

Pain score, preoperative

Pain score, postoperative

Relief of pain; complete, partial, none (patients)

Snapping eliminated

Complications

(yes, no)

Repeated surgery (n)

Reuse of conservative treatment (n)

1986,

Zoltan et al [71]

CSE + GTB

Ellipsoid-shaped release

Yes

Open

7, 7

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1,2,2

4/5

1, 6

1

n/a

2004,

Provencher et al [44]

CSE

Proximal Z-plasty

n/a

Open

8, 9

Ober: 9/9 hips

Ober: 0/9 hips

n/a

n/a

8,0,1A

9/9A

1, 7

1

n/a

2004,

White et al [62]

CSE

ITB-release transverse step cuts

Yes

Open

11, 12

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

8,0,3

9/10

2, 8

2

n/a

2006, Ilizaliturri et al [22]

CSE

Diamond-shaped-release

Yes

Endoscopic

10, 11

WOMAC = 78

(78–87)

WOMAC = 94

(89–96)

n/a

n/a

10,0,0

10/11A

0, 10

0

n/a

2011,

Nam et al [39]

CSE

Modified z-plasty

n/a

Open

7, 14

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

7,0,0

14/14A

0, 7

0

n/a

2012,

Sayed-Noor et al [52]

CSE

Distal Z-plasty

n/a

Open

5, 5

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

5,0,0

5/5

1, 4

0

n/a

2013, Polesello et al [42]

CSE

GMT-release

n/a

Endoscopic

8, 9

mHHS = 61.3

(45–70)

mHHS = 77.6

(62–93)

n/a

n/a

7,1,1A

7/9A

1, 7

1

n/a

2013,

Zini et al [70]

CSE

ITB-release + GMT-release

Yes

Endoscopic

14, 14

HHS = n/a

HHS = 97.8

(94–100)

VAS = 5.57

(5–7)

VAS = 0.57

(0–2)

8,6,0

14/14

0, 14

0

n/a

2014,

Yoon et al [68]

CSE

Diamond-shaped-release + gluteal sling release

Yes

Endoscopic

7, 10

mHHS = 68.2

(43–73)

mHHS = 94.8

(89–100)

VAS = 6.8

(6–9)

VAS = 0.2

(0–2)

6,1,0

10/10A

0, 7

0

n/a

2017,

Park et al [40]

CSE + GTB

N-plasty

Yes

Open

17, 24

mHHS = 69.5

(44–82.5)

mHHS = 97.8

(92,4–100)

VAS = 6.77

(6–9)

VAS = 0.1

(0,2)

17,0,0

24/24A

1, 16

0

n/a

2018,

Dai et al [11]

CSE + GT

ITB-release + GMC-release

n/a

Endoscopic

48, 96

HHS = 81.5

(SD = 7.2)

HHS = 99.9

(SD = 0,7)

VAS = n/a

VAS = 2.8

(SD = 0.7)

48,0,0

92/96A

1, 47

0

n/a

2020,

Kim et al [24]

CSE

Diamond-shaped-release

Yes

Endoscopic

8, 8

mHHS = 75.3

(66–84)

mHHS = 85

(77–91)

VAS = 4.3

(2–6)

VAS = 1,1

(0–2)

7,1,0

7/8

0, 8

0

n/a

  1. Abbreviations: n/a Not available, CSE Coxa saltans exterma, GTB Greater trochanteric bursitis, GT Gluteal tendinopathy, ITB Iliotibial band, GMT Gluteus maximus tendon, GMC Gluteal muscle contracture, PROM Patient related outcome measure, HHS Harris hip score, mHHS Modified harris hip score, VAS Visual analog scale, WOMAC The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index
  2. A Results provided in number of hips and not number of patients