Table 2.

Patient demographics

Characteristic	ILN		LON		p value
	Mean or N	SD or %	Mean or N	SD or %
Age (years)	29.7	13.6	32.4	14.2	0.487
Gender
M	31	78%	18	90%	0.307
F	9	23%	2	10%
Side treated
R	20	50%	8	40%	0.464
L	20	50%	12	60%
Alcohol?
N	31	78%	12	60%	0.156
Y	9	23%	8	40%
Smoking (tobacco/e-cigarette)?
N	37	93%	20	100%	0.544
Y	3	8%	0	0%
Preop limb-length discrepancy (mm)	26.8	23.5	43.3	20.4	0.007

ILN internal lengthening nail, LON lengthening over nail