Table 1.
Clinical data of 22 patients with congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia
| Patient no. | Age (years), gender | Early onset | Crawford type I–IV | Neurofibromatosis | Primary treatment | Age at first surgery (years) | No. of refractures at pseudarthrosis site | No. of refractures at lengthening site | Additional surgery lengthening, axis corr | Current status | Follow-up since healing of pseudarthrosis (years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24/m | + | – | + | Ilizarov | 8 | 1 | Healed | 15 | ||
| 2 | 24/f | + | – | + | Plate | 6 | 2 | 2 | Healed | 14 | |
| 3 | 22/f | + | – | + | Plate | 4 | 2 | 1 | Healed | 16 | |
| 4 | 21/f | + | IV | + | Ilizarov | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Healed | 1.5 |
| 5 | 20/m | + | IV | + | Ilizarov | 3 | 1 | 1 | Healed (fibula graft) | 15 | |
| 6 | 19/m | + | IV | − | Ilizarov | 3 | 5 | 1 | Healed | 1 | |
| 7 | 19/m | + | IV | + | Ilizarov | 3 | 2 | 3 | Healed, rush-pin | 0.5 | |
| 8 | 18/f | + | IV | − | Ilizarov | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Healed (fibula graft) | 12 |
| 9 | 18/f | + | IV | + | Ilizarov | 3 | 3 | 2 | Healed | 2.5 | |
| 10 | 18//f | − | I | − | Nail | 12 | Healed, telescopic nail | 3.5 | |||
| 11 | 17/m | + | – | + | Nail | 3 | 1 | Healed | 7 | ||
| 12 | 16/f | + | III | + | Ilizarov | 5 | 1 | 1 | Healed | 8 | |
| 13 | 14/m | − | I | + | Never fractured | ||||||
| 14 | 13/m | + | – | + | Nail | 3 | 1 | Amputated | |||
| 15 | 12/m | − | I | − | Never fractured | ||||||
| 16 | 12/m | − | II | − | Ilizarov | 6 | 1 | Healed, orthosis | 5 | ||
| 17 | 11/f | + | IV | + | Ilizarov | 5 | 1 | 1 | Refracture at lengthening site, plate | 5 | |
| 18 | 11/m | + | IV | + | Ilizarov | 5 | 1 | Healed, orthosis | 5.5 | ||
| 19 | 10/f | + | IV | − | Ilizarov | 6 | 1 | Healed, orthosis | 3.5 | ||
| 20 | 9/f | + | III | + | Ilizarov | 4 | 2 | Healed, telescopic nail | 1 | ||
| 21 | 9/m | + | III | − | Ilizarov | 5 | 1 | 1 | Ilizarov + telescopic nail | ||
| 22 | 8/f | + | III | − | Ilizarov | 4 | 1 | Healed | 1.6 |
m male, f female