Table 2.

Outcome of symphyseal approximation with and without osteotomy.

Literature	N=	Median age at investigation	Type of osteotomy	Symphysis with cm (range)
Kaar et al. (44)	13 (11 m., 2f.)	24 years (17–36 year)	Posterior osteotomy	5.8 cm (4.1–11.2)
Satsuma et al. (45)	9 (3m., 6f.)	8 years (5 month−17.5 year)	Anterior or combined osteotomy (n = 3) Posterior osteotomy (n = 6)	3.75 cm (1–7)
Castagnetti et al. (46)	14	9.7 years (3.1–17.8 year)	No osteotomy (n = 6) Osteotomy	4.9 cm (2.4–6.6)
			various types (n = 8)	4.2 cm (2.5–10.1)
Kertai et al. (43)	17 (14 m., 3f.)	18.2 years (13–28 year)	Symphysis adaptation without osteotomy	5.1 cm (2.8–8.5)