Table 2.
12–14 years | 14–16 years | 16–18 years | P value | |
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Number of patients | 27 | 29 | 19 | |
Unilateral/bilateral | 6/21 | 17/12 | 12/7 | |
Male/female | 10/17 | 7/22 | 11/8 | |
Pre-correction valgus | 24 (16–30°) | 20.1 (12–28°) | 22.1(18–26°) | 0.65 |
Pre correction intermalleolar angle | 14.4 (12–21 cm) | 12.1 (11–20 cm) | 12.1 (11–18 cm) | 0.74 |
Pre surgery lyslohm score | 78 | 76 | 80 | 0.59 |
Post-correction valgus | 6.6 (5–8°) | 6.1 (5–9°) | 6.9 (6–9°) | 0.34 |
Post correction intermalleolar angle | 5.1 (3–7 cm) | 5.6 (3–7 cm) | 5.8 (3–6 cm) | 0.28 |
Post surgery lyslohm score | 90 | 93 | 92 | 0.59 |
Union time | 9.8 weeks | 10.5 weeks | 12.1 weeks | 0.04 |
Infection | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.23 |
Loss of correction | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.12 |
Limb length discrepency | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 |