Table 1.
Case no. | Sex | Age at Operation (y.mo) | Trauma‐to‐surgery interval (mo) | Ulnar lengthening at osteotomy site (cm) | Ulnar angulation at osteotomy site (°) | Follow‐up (mo) | Postoperative complications | Additional treatment | Kim score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M | 4 | 8 | 0.5 | 30 | 36 | – | – | 100 |
2 | F | 4.8 | 36 | 0.5 | 30 | 24 | Loss of extension (20°) | K‐wire fixing | 80 |
3 | M | 3.11 | 2 | 0.7 | 30 | 43 | – | – | 95 |
4 | M | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 20 | 29 | – | – | 100 |
5 | M | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 25 | 25 | – | – | 95 |
6 | M | 5 | 12 | 0.8 | 30 | 19 | – | – | 100 |
7 | M | 7 | 3 | 1.2 | 30 | 17 | Delayed union 5 mo healed. Loss of extension (35°) |
Plaster casts | 85 |
8 | F | 2.2 | 13 | 0.6 | 25 | 38 | – | – | 100 |
9 | M | 4.4 | 17 | 0.7 | 30 | 16 | – | – | 95 |
10 | M | 5 | 27 | 1.2 | 30 | 20 | Delayed union 6 mo healed. Loss of extension (30°) Cubitus valgus (30°) |
Plaster casts | 80 |
11 | M | 7 | 4 | 0.8 | 25 | 17 | Skin irritation. Delayed union 6 mo healed. |
Plaster casts | 95 |
12 | M | 10 | 9 | 0.7 | 30 | 44 | – | – | 100 |
13 | M | 7 | 15 | 0.8 | 25 | 24 | – | – | 90 |
Mean | – | 5.8 | 12 | 0.7 | 28 | 27 | – | – | 93 |
F, female; M, male; mo, months; y, years.