Table 3.

comparison of results of patients with and without K-wires undergone Cheveron Osteotomy.

	With K-wire	Without K-wire	P value
Number of patients	32	43
Unilateral/bilateral	10/22	25/18
Male/female	13/19	15/28
Pre-correction valgus	24.1 (14–30°)	23.5 (12–28°)	0.38
Pre correction intermalleolar angle	12.1 (11–20 cm)	13.2 (12–21 cm)	0.65
Pre surgery lyslohm score	76	80	0.21
Post-correction valgus	6.1 (5–9°)	6.0 (5–9°)	0.19
Post correction intermalleolar angle	5.5 cm 3–7 cm)	5.6 (3–7 cm)	0.11
Post surgery lyslohm score	92	94	0.64
Union time	10.3 weeks	10.2 weeks	0.12
Infection	0	5	0.000
Loss of correction	1	1	0.23
Limb length discrepency	1	2	0.11