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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Demographics and results of patients

From: Lower limb lengthening over an intramedullary nail: a long-term follow-up study of 28 cases

Patient no.

Age (years)

Sex

Side

Lengthening site

Limb length discrepancy (cm)

Lengthening achieved (cm)

Paley score

1

10

Female

Left

Femur

5.2

5.0

85

2

11

Female

Left

Femur

5.1

5.1

95

3

12

Male

Right

Femur

5.3

4.9

50

4

13

Male

Left

Femur

5.4

5.1

80

5

13

Female

Right

Femur

6.8

6.5

85

6

13

Male

Right

Femur

4.9

4.6

100

7

13

Female

Left

Femur

6.4

6.3

80

8

13

Male

Right

Femur

6.6

6.3

90

9

13

Male

Right

Femur

5.9

5.2

80

10

13

Male

Left

Femur

6.6

6.6

90

11

14

Female

Left

Femur

7.3

7.1

85

12

14

Female

Right

Femur

5.2

5.0

100

13

14

Female

Left

Femur

5.3

5.1

85

14

14

Female

Right

Femur

5.0

4.6

75

15

15

Female

Left

Femur

7.5

5.0

35

16

15

Male

Right

Femur

5.5

5.2

95

17

16

Male

Right

Femur

9.2

9

60

18

16

Male

Right

Femur

5.3

5.2

85

19

17

Female

Right

Femur

7.1

6.3

75

20

21

Female

Left

Femur

8.5

7.0

55

21

12

Female

Right

Tibia

4.7

4.1

85

22

13

Male

Right

Tibia

5.6

4.2

70

23

13

Male

Right

Tibia

5.1

5.2

95

24

14

Female

Left

Tibia

7.3

7.3

100

25

15

Male

Right

Tibia

5.2

5.2

100

26

15

Female

Left

Tibia

4.7

4.2

90

27

17

Female

Left

Tibia

5.1

4.4

80

28

18

Female

Left

Tibia

4.6

4.0

95

  1. Paley score is considered excellent (95–100 points), good (75–94 points), fair (40–74 points), or poor (less than 40 points)