Table 1.

Demographics and results of stature lengthening in patients without skeletal deformities

Studies	Mean age	Gender	Mean increase (cm)	Increase range (cm)
Guerreschi and Tsibidakis1	24.8	36 M, 27 F	7.2	5–11
Catagni et al.4	25.8	32 M, 22 F	7	5–11
Novikov et al.8	25	65 M, 66 F	6.9	2–13
Paley et al.9	29.7	11 M, 4 F	4.63	2.7–6.5
Aldegheri and Dall'Oca10	17.6	3 M, 2 F	11.5	10–13
Emara et al.15	27	25 M, 6 F	7.6	3.5–12
Kocaoglu et al.12	30	24 M, 8 F	7.5	N/A
Elbatrawy and Ragab13	26	36 M, 16 F	6.9	4–11
Koczewski et al.14	18	N/A	14.8	N/A

M, male; F, female