Table 3.
Patients’ details depending on age at implantation are shown for time until explantation and the development of joint angles aFTA and the intermalleolar distance (IMD)
| Before surgery | at material removal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at implantation | anatomical femorotibial angle (aFTA) median | intermalleolar distance in cm median | anatomical femorotibial angle (aFTA) median | intermalleolar distance in cm median | Time to explantation in months median |
| 7 | 169 +/− 2.76 | 15,5 +/− 2.45 | 187 +/− 2.89 | 0,5 +/−1.17 | 10 +/ 5.5 |
| 8 | 166,5 +/− 3.76 | 10 +/− 2.98 | 177,5 +/− 5.81 | 0 +/− 1.98 | 15 +/− 5.02 |
| 9 | 169 +/− 2.56 | 10,25 +/− 2.56 | 180 +/− 4.76 | 0 +/− 1.06 | 17 +/− 7.32 |
| 10 | 168+/− 2.65 | 12 +/− 2.67 | 177 +/− 3.78 | 0 +/− 1.89 | 11 +/− 5.87 |
| 11 | 168,5 +/− 1.98 | 12 +/− 2.10 | 179,5 +/− 3.56 | 0 +/− 2.01 | 14 +/− 5.7 |
| 12 | 169 +/− 2.79 | 11 +/− 2.65 | 177 +/− 3.45 | 0 +/− 2.32 | 17 +/−5.98 |
| 13 | 170 +/− 2.76 | 11 +/−2.57 | 177 +/− 4.11 | 0,5 +/− 1.56 | 11 +/−6.56 |
| 14 | 169 +/− 2.87 | 12 +/− 2.71 | 175 +/− 3.98 | 0,5 +/− 1.87 | 11 +/− 5.21 |
| 15 | 169 +/− 2.78 | 12 +/− 2.73 | 174 +/− 3.22 | 4 +/− 3.61 | 24 +/−4.6 |
| 16 | 169,5 +/− 2.67 | 11 +/− 3.06 | 174 +/− 3.42 | 1,75 +/− 2.21 | 13 +/−6.78 |
Presented in the median with standard deviations