Return to sport following toe phalanx fractures: A systematic review

Table 4 Outcome data - acute fractures

Ref.	n	Treatment (%)	Return to sport (%)	Return to the same level of sport (%)	Return time to sport	Secondary surgery - return rate (RR)/Return time (RT)	Persisting symptoms (%)	Complications
General cohort
Robertson et al[15], 2012	6	PCM (100)	3 (50)	3 (50)	7.0 wk (mean)		3 (50)	Nil
Larsson et al[16], 2016	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	26 d (mean)		N/A	1 re-fracture
Chan et al[17], 2021	53	PCM (100)	53 (100)	N/A	8.5 d (median)		N/A	1 re-fracture
Diaz et al[18], 2022	69	N/A	N/A		30 d (median)		N/A	Nil
Intra-articular (Physeal) base of proximal phalanx fractures
Maffulli[19], 2001	2	PCM (50) PSM (50)	2 (100)	2 (100)	By 6 mo		0 (0)	0 (0)
Perugia et al[20], 2014	4	PSM (100)	4 (100)	4 (100)	By 3 mo		0 (0)	0 (0)
Bariteau et al[21], 2015	2	PCM (50) PSM (50)	1 (50) (PSM)	1 (50) (PSM)	5 mo	1 – RR 100%/RT 14 wk	0 (0)	1 re-fracture (PCM)

PCM: Primary conservative management; PSM: Primary surgical management.