Table 1.

Aetiology

Aetiology	Total of patients
Group A—patients with limb length discrepancy
Fibular hemimelia	3
Pseudarthrosis of the tibia	3
Traumatic	3
Septic growth arrest	4
Clubfoot	1
Cerebral palsy	1
Tibial hypoplasia	1
Polio	4
Total	21
Group B—short stature patients
Achondroplasia or hypochondroplasia	22
Turner Syndrome	4
Noonan Syndrome	1
Constitutional short stature (familial)	10
Total	37