Reference | n | Study type | Follow-up (years) | Age, mean (range), years | Operation duration range, min | Anasthesia duration, Epi/IV, days | Mean blood loss, mL | Mean LOS, days | Outcome, >good/ excellent, % | Non-displacement complication, attention/ self-resolving, % | Requiring reoperation, % | Bar/strut displacement, % | Number of bars removed, % | Symptoms | Lung function | Cardiac function improved |
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Snel [[20]] | 16 | R | 6 (0.5-20) | 43 (21–64) |  |  |  |  | 69/6 | 62.5/-- | 18.8 |  |  |  |  |  |
Grappolini [[18]] | 11 |  | 16.3 | 29 (21–47) | 137.2 |  |  | 3.6 |  | 0/-- |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wechselberger [[62]] | 20 | R | 4.5 (0.8-11.5) | 20 (17–42) |  |  |  | 5 | 90/80 | 85/-- |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Luzzi [61] | 23 | R | Â | 16 | Â | Â | Â | 5 | 89/64 | 47.8/-- | 9 | Â | Â | Better | No change | Â |
Lansman [57] | 8 | R | (0.5-13) | <16 | 87 | 0/-- | Â | Â | 88/38 | 12.5/-- | 0 | 12.5 | Â | Â | Â | Â |