Table 1.
Descriptive Data and Results of 27 Patients
| Patient | Age at surgery (years) | Age at the latest follow-up (years) | Interval from trauma to surgery (days) | Gender | Side | Typea | Cause of Injury | Anterior drawer/Lachman S-to-S diff (mm) | KT-1000 S-to-S diff (mm) | FC/FF at the latest follow-up (°) | Impingement | Lysholm score | Latest X-ray | LLD ICHb (mm) | LLD FHHb (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11–12 | 18–19 | 12 | F | Rt. | III | Fall | 1/0 | 0/135 | – | 100 | – | |||
| 2 | 3–4 | 14–15 | 7 | F | Lt. | II | Fall | 2/0 | 0/135 | – | 100 | – | |||
| 3 | 8–9 | 16–17 | 141 | M | Rt. | IV | RTA | 0/0 | 4 | −5/145 | + | 80 | Ossicle | 11 | 4 |
| 4 | 9–10 | 10–11 | 4 | F | Lt. | III | Fall | 0/0 | −5/135 | – | – | ||||
| 5 | 8–9 | 13–14 | 4 | F | Lt. | III | Collision with another person | 0/0 | 0/135 | – | 100 | – | |||
| 6 | 7–8 | 10–11 | 8 | M | Lt. | II | Fall | 0/0 | 1 | −15/135 | – | 100 | – | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 7–8 | 11–12 | 32 | M | Lt. | III | Fall | 0/0 | 1 | 10/130 | + | 85 | Ossicle | −2 | 2 |
| 8 | 6–7 | 8–9 | 11 | M | Lt. | II | Fall | 0/1 | 2 | −10/145 | – | 95 | – | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 9–10 | 16–17 | 6 | M | Lt. | II | Skiing | 1/2 | 0/145 | – | 100 | – | 17 | 16 | |
| 10 | 9–10 | 12–13 | 9 | M | Rt. | III | Collision with another person | 5/3 | 0 | −5/150 | – | 100 | – | 13 | 7 |
| 11 | 6–7 | 11–12 | 731 | M | Rt. | III | Running | 3/0 | 0 | 0/140 | – | 93 | Ledging | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | 9–10 | 10–11 | 36 | M | Rt. | II | Bicycling | 5/9 | 5 | 0/140 | – | 78 | – | 10 | 7 |
| 13 | 10–11 | 15–16 | 3 | F | Lt. | II | Skiing | 3/0 | 1 | −5/145 | – | 97 | – | 18 | 8 |
| 14 | 8–9 | 12–13 | 75 | M | Rt. | IV | Fall | 2/2 | 0/145 | – | 100 | Ledging | 11 | 9 | |
| 15 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 5 | M | Rt. | II | Fall | 1/2 | 2 | 0/140 | – | 100 | – | 11 | 10 |
| 16 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 3 | M | Rt. | II | Skiing | 0/0 | 0/135 | – | – | ||||
| 17 | 11–12 | 18–19 | 0 | M | Rt. | II | Fall | 2/2 | 1 | −10/135 | – | 91 | Ledging | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | 9–10 | 14–15 | 182 | M | Rt. | III | Soccer | 0/0 | 2 | −5/135 | – | 100 | Ledging | −4 | −3 |
| 19 | 8–9 | 11–12 | 5 | F | Lt. | III | Skiing | 0/0 | 5/135 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 9–10 | 15–16 | 22 | M | Rt. | III | Skiing | 1/4 | 3 | −5/135 | – | 95 | – | 8 | 8 |
| 21 | 12–13 | 16–17 | 1 | F | Lt. | II | Skiing | 0/0 | 2 | 0/135 | – | – | −1 | − 3 | |
| 22 | 9–10 | 13–14 | 3 | M | Rt. | II | Bicycling | 3/3 | 1 | −10/150 | – | 100 | – | 5 | 4 |
| 23 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 4 | M | Rt. | III | Fall | 0/0 | 2 | −5/135 | – | 84 | – | 7 | 5 |
| 24 | 13–14 | 17–18 | 3 | M | Rt. | III | Fall | 2/0 | 2 | −5/150 | – | 94 | – | ||
| 25 | 13–14 | 15–16 | 2 | M | Rt. | II | RTA | 0/0 | 0/135 | – | 99 | – | 3.5 | 4.5 | |
| 26 | 8–9 | 15–16 | 5 | F | Lt. | III | Skiing | 0/0 | 5/135 | – | – | ||||
| 27 | 10–11 | 14–15 | 5 | M | Rt. | III | Skiing | 0/2 | 2 | −10/135 | – | 94 | Ledging | 0 | −4 |
S-to-S diff Side-to-side difference; FC Flexion contracture; FF Further flexion; LLD Leg length discrepancy; ICH Iliac crest height; FHH, femoral head height; RTA Road traffic accident
aZaricznyj modification of Meyers and McKeever classification, bPositive value means that an affected leg is longer than a contralateral leg; Negative value means that a contralateral leg is longer than an affected leg