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Table 2 Results from the systematic review. Source column indicates the source the information was retrieved from.
Author | Year | Source | Method | Country | No. of knees | No. of fabellae | Reported prevalence rate (*100) | Adjusted rate (*100) |
Gruber | 1875 | 1 | Anatomical | Russian | 2340 | 400 | 17.09 | 17.09 |
Ost | 1877 | 1 | Anatomical | Switzerland | 30 | 5 | 16.67 | 16.67 |
Pfitzner | 1892 | 1 | Anatomical | Germanya | 291 | 30 | 10.31 | 10.31 |
Parsons and Keith | 1897 | 2 | Unknown | UK | 287 | 81 | 28.22 | 28.22 |
Pancoastb | 1909 | 3 | X-ray | USA | – | – | – | – |
Fischer | 1912 | 1 | X-ray | Germany | 410 | 72c | 17.6 | 17.6 |
Frey | 1913 | 1 | Anatomical | Switzerland | 113 | 15 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
Sugiyama | 1914 | 1 | Unknown | Japan | 75 | 36 | 48 | 48 |
Pichler | 1918 | 4 | Unknown | Austria | 100 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Hanamuro | 1927 | 1 | X-ray | China | 400 | 114 | 28.5 | 28.5 |
Pick | 1927 | 1 | X-ray | Germany | 300 | 22 | 7.33 | 7.33 |
Rothe | 1927 | 1 | X-ray | Germany | 600 | 86 | 14.33 | 14.33 |
Sonntag | 1927 | 1 | X-ray | Germany | 1000 | 145 | d | 14.514.5 |
Yano | 1928 | 5 | Anatomical | Japan | 165 | 44 | 26.67 | 26.67 |
Heydemann | 1929 | 1 | X-ray | Germany | 427 | 58 | 13.58 | 13.58 |
Greifenstein | 1930 | 1 | X-ray | Germany | 100 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Haussecker | 1930 | 1 | X-ray | Germany | 280 | 32 | 11.43 | 11.43 |
Ooi (Oi?)e | 1930 | 6 | Unknown | Japan | 80 | 25 | 31.25 | 31.25 |
Sommer | 1930 | 1 | X-ray | Germany | 200 | 25 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
Sonntag | 1930 | 1 | X-ray | Germany | 690 | 119 | 17.25 | 17.25 |
Siina | 1931 | 1 | Unknown | Japanf | 10 | 4 | 40 | 40 |
Mikami | 1932 | 1 | Unknown | Japan | 510 | 78 | 15.29 | 15.29 |
Bircher and Oberholzer | 1934 | 7 | X-ray | Switzerland | 700 | 46 | 6.6 | 6.6 |
Chung | 1934 | 1 | Anatomical | Korea | 348 | 104 | 29.89 | 29.89 |
Kobayashi | 1934 | 1 | X-ray | Japang | 292 | 83h | 28.42 | 22.9 |
Kitahara | 1935 | 8 | X-ray | Taiwan | 100 | 17 | 17 | 13.6 |
Sutro et al. | 1935 | 1 | X-ray | USA | 806 | 97i | 12.03 | 12.03 |
Hessen | 1946 | 9 | X-ray | Sweden | 942 | 154 | 16.35 | 16.35 |
Lungmuss | 1954 | 1 | X-ray | Germany | 1000 | 192 | 19.2 | 19.2 |
Schonbauer | 1956 | 10 | X-ray | Austria | 1000 | 122 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
Kojima | 1958 | 11 | Anatomical | Japan | 152 | 53 | 34.87 | 34.87 |
Falk | 1963 | 12 | X-ray | USA | 1023 | 132 | 12.3 | 12.3 |
Kaneko | 1966 | 6 | Anatomical | Japan | 150 | 63 | 42 | 42 |
Johnson & Brogdon | 1982 | 12 | X-ray | USA | 1304 | 128 | 9.82 | 9.82 |
Hukuda et al.,j | 1983 | 13 | X-ray | Japan | – | – | – | – |
Miaskieqicz & Partyka | 1984 | 13 | X-ray | Poland | 52 | 8 | 15.38 | 15.38 |
Miaskieqicz & Partyka | 1984 | 13 | X-ray | Vietnam | 34 | 8 | 23.53 | 23.53 |
Miaskieqicz & Partyka | 1984 | 14 | X-ray | West Africa | 102 | 10 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
Sudasna & Harnsiriwattanagit | 1990 | 15 | Anatomical | Thailand | 50 | 34 | 68 | 68 |
Chihlas et al. | 1993 | 16 | Anatomical | USA | 66 | 18k | 27.27 | 27.27 |
Hagihara, et al., | 1993 | 17 | Unknown | Japan | 302 | 164 | 54.3 | 54.3 |
Terry & LaPrade | 1996 | 18 | X-ray | USA | 25 | 5 | 20 | 20 |
Yu et al., | 1966 | 19 | MRI | USA | 100 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
De Maeseneer et al. | 2001 | 20 | MRI | Belgium | 122 | 32 | 26.23 | 26.23 |
Munshi et al. | 2003 | 21 | Anatomical | USA | 1 | 1 | 100 | 100 |
Munshi et al. | 2003 | 21 | MRI | USA | 7 | 4 | 57.14 | 57.14 |
Minowa et al. | 2004 | 22 | Anatomical | Japan | 212 | 182 | 85.85 | 85.85 |
Kawashima et al. | 2007 | 23 | Anatomical | Japan | 75 | 43l | 57.33 | 57.33 |
Rahemm et al. | 2007 | 24 | Anatomical | Ireland | 22 | 2 | 9.09 | 9.09 |
Lencina | 2007 | 25 | X-ray | Argentina | 217 | 45 | 20.73 | 20.73 |
Lencina | 2007 | 25 | Anatomical | Argentina | 22 | 3 | 13.64 | 13.64 |
Silva et al. | 2010 | 26 | Anatomical | Brazil | 62 | 2 | 3.23 | 3.23 |
Phukubye, Oyedele | 2011 | 27 | Anatomical | South Africa | 102 | 18 | 17.65 | 17.65 |
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