Table 3.
Diagnoses in 67 patients with femoral lengthening and prophylactic nailing on removal of the fixator
| Group | Diagnosis |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n) | (n) | (n) | ||
| A |
Achondroplasia |
17 |
15 |
32 |
| |
Hypochondroplasia |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| B |
Congenital disorders, hemimelia |
11 |
9 |
20 |
| |
acquired LLD |
1 |
6 |
7 |
| |
Other causes and idiopathic LLD |
3 |
3 |
6 |
| Sum | 32 | 35 | 67 |
Group A includes 34 patients with 68 bilateral femoral lengthening procedures, group B includes 33 patients with unilateral lengthening procedures of the femur.
LLD, leg length discrepancies.