Table 2.
Difficulties according to Paley’s criteria [8]
| Number | Treatment | |
|---|---|---|
| Difficulties | 102/126 | |
| 1. Problems | 42/126 | |
| Pin trac infection | 25 | Oral antibiotics |
| Proximal tibia procurvatus | 4 | On-going correction |
| Proximal tibia recurvatus | 2 | On-going correction |
| Distal tibia varus | 2 | On-going correction |
| Distal tibia valgus | 5 | On-going correction |
| Limited ankle dorsal flexion | 4 | On-going correction |
| 2. Obstacles | 54/126 | |
| Athrophic new bone | 2 | Bone graft |
| Equinus foot | 42 | Achilles tendon lengthening |
| Collapse of new bone | 5 | Ilizarov apparatus reapplication |
| Leg length discrepancy | 1 | Ilizarov apparatus reapplication |
| Early fibular consolidation | 4 | Second fibular osteotomy |
| 3. Complications | 6/126 | |
| Foot pronation | 6 | 3 cases of subtalar joint fusion |