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Table 6 Surgical outcome characteristics of the non-snapping group

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

Year, author

Syndrome, snapping

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

Snapping eliminated

Complications

(yes, no)

Repeated surgery (n)

Reuse of conservative treatment (n)

1979,

Brooker et al [8]

GTB,

n/a

ITB-release (T-shape)

n/a

Open

5, 5

HHS = 46

(n/a)

HHS = 88

(n/a)

n/a

n/a

4,1,0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1997,

Slawski et al [57]

GTB,

no

ITB-release (vertical)

Yes

Open

5, 7

HHS = 51.7

(45–56)

HHS = 95

(84–100)

n/a

n/a

1,2,1

IRLVT

0, 4

0

1

2007,

Craig et al [10]

GTPS

(GTB),

n/a

Z-plasty

Yes

Open

15, 17

HHS = 46

(n/a)

HHS = 82

(n/a)

Pain-score = 11,7 A

Pain score = 31.2 A

8,8,1B

n/a

2, 13

1

n/a

2009,

Pretell et al [43]

GTB,

no

Distal Z-plasty

n/a

Open

11, 13

HHS = 61

(48–77)

HHS = 91

(76–95)

VAS = 8.3

(6–9.9)

VAS = 1.3

(0–7)

12,0,1B

IRLVT

2, 9

1

n/a

2014, Domínguez et al [12]

GTPS,

yes

Diamond-shaped release

Yes

Endoscopic

23, 23

mHHS = 40.2

(n/a)

WOMAC 63.3

mHHS = 86.3

(n/a)

WOMAC 5.2

VAS = 8.1

(n/a)

VAS = 0.5

(n/a)

23,0,0

22/23

1, 22

0

n/a

2016,

Drummond et al[13]

GTPS,

n/a

ITB-release (vertical)

Yes

Endoscopic

49, 57

iHOT-33 = 23.8

(n/a)

iHOT-33 = 70.2

(n/a)

VAS = 7.8

(n/a)

VAS = 2.8

(n/a)

14,36,7B

n/a

0, 49

0

14B

2019, Thomassen et al [59]

GTPS,

no

ITB-release (star-shaped)

Yes

Endoscopic

11c, 11

HHS = n/a

HHS = 73.8

(41–86)

NRS = 8

(7–9)

NRS = 4

(2–6)

0,11,0

IRLVT

1, 10

1

10

2020, Blakey et al [3]

GTPS (GT),

n/a

Diamond-shaped release

Yes

Endoscopic

33, 33

mHHS = 58.2

(SD = 11.5)

mHHS = 78.8

(SD = 18.6)

VAS = n/a

VAS = 33.3-improvement

23,0,10

n/a

2, 31

2

n/a

2021,

Dzidzishvili et al [14]

GTPS

(GTB),

n/a

ITB-Release

(cross- shaped)

Yes

Endoscopic

58, 60

HOS = 24.1

(n/a)

HOS = 70.6

(n/a)

VAS = 9.6

(n/a)

VAS = 2.1

(n/a)

50,0,8

n/a

6, 52

2

6

  1. Abbreviations: n/a Not available, GTPS Greater trochanteric pain syndrome, GTB Greater trochanteric bursitis, ITB Iliotibial band, PROM Patient related outcome measure, IRLVT Irrelevant, HHS Harris hip score, mHHS Modified harris hip score, VAS Visual analog scale, NRS Numeric rating scale, iHOT-33 International hip outcome tool, HOS Hip outcome score
  2. A The study used a “pain score” ranging from 0–44
  3. B Results provided in number of hips and not number of patients
  4. C One patients refused conservative treatment but was still included in the study