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[null,"Table II. Baseline characteristics of the included patients."]
[null,"First author, year","Bone defect (cm)              Mean value with ranges ",null,"Follow-up (months)                     Mean value with ranges ",null,"Gender (% of male)",null,"Age (years)                                           Mean value with ranges ",null,"Refs."]
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[null,null,"AS","BT","AS","BT","AS","BT","AS","BT"]
[null,"Wu, 2017","6.7(4.8-11.0)","6.4(4.3-10.0)","40.8(30-66)","40.8(30-66)","12(17)","15/23","39.3(18-65)","38.8(16-67)","(14)"]
[null,"Kevin, 2017","5.8 (3–10)","7.0 (3–10)","20 (12–43)","31 (12–84)","18/21","18/21","39.2 (20–76)","38.2 (18–66)","(13)"]
[null,"Levent, 2016","5.9 (1-12)","5.3 (1-17)","55.6(12-66)","63(36-85)","38/45","20/29","34.8 (17-62)","37.6 (15-61)","(10)"]
[null,"Yin, 2014","6.3(4.5-9.0)","6.7(4-11)","28.8(16.8-54.5)","28.8(16.8-54.5)","11(18)","8(13)","39.3(18-65)","38.8(16-67)","(12)"]
[null,"Mahaluxmivala, 2005","4.6(3-6)","5.9(3-7.5)",">18a",">18a","6(6)","5(6)","36.5(26-54)","39.2(28-52)","(6)"]
[null,"BT,bone transport; AS, acute shortening; avalues are over certain age"]

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