TABLE 1.

Measurements of Angular Deformity^a

		Age, y		Mechanical Lateral Distal Femoral Angle, deg		Medial Proximal Tibial Angle, deg		Mechanical Axis Deviation, mm
Patient	Sex	Chronological	Bone	Surgical	Nonsurgical	Surgical	Nonsurgical	Surgical	Nonsurgical
1	M	9.7	—	85	86	86	86	0	–1
2b	M	10.3	12.0	86	87	87	89	2	2
3	M	11.1	—	88	90	90	87	1	–1
4	M	12.0	12.5	86	88	89	87	1	–1
5	F	12.2	13.5	83	85	88	86	1	1
6	M	12.3	12.5	85	87	87	88	0	1
7	M	12.3	—	88	87	87	89	1	0
8	F	12.3	12.0	85	85	80	83	–1	–1
9	M	12.4	13.0	81	86	87	84	2	–1
10	M	12.8	12.5	83	84	88	88	1	2
11	M	13.1	14.0	85	87	90	85	1	–2
12	M	13.2	15.0	88	87	89	89	0	1
13	M	13.3	14.0	86	86	82	84	–2	–1
14	M	13.5	13.0	93	92	94	92	2	4
15	M	13.5	14.0	85	86	84	85	–1	–1
16	F	13.7	15.0	88	87	88	88	0	0
17	F	14.1	—	85	86	83	83	–1	–1
18c	M	14.4	14.0	86	83	88	86	10	10
19	M	14.4	15.0	84	86	79	80	–2	–3
20	M	14.6	12.5	83	83	87	84	2	0
21d	F	14.7	—	87	87	89	94	1	2
22	M	14.8	16.0	86	87	88	89	1	1
23	F	15.0	13.0	87	88	87	87	0	1
Median				86	87	87	87	1	0
Range				81 to 93	83 to 92	79 to 94	80 to 94	–2 to 10	–3 to 10
P value				.177		.562		.453

^aNegative values denote varus positioning. F, female; M, male.

^bPatient had a 2.2-cm leg-length difference (operative > nonoperative).

^cPatient demonstrated bilateral physiological valgus.

^dPatient had a 1.2-cm leg-length difference (operative > nonoperative).