Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Overall complication rate during lengthening
From: Limb lengthening history, evolution, complications and current concepts
Study | Procedure | No. of patients | Period of study | Complication rate | No. of surgeons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bukva et al. [38] | IEF or IEF& IA | 73 | 14 years | 83.6% | Single |
Lascombes et al. [36] | Multiple | 32 | 3 years | 75% | Multiple |
Lee et al. [68] | ISKD | 35 | 2 years | 74% | Single |
PRECICE 1 | 34 | Not available | 17.4% | Single | |
PRECICE 2 | 64 | Not available | 50% | Single | |
Castelein and Decquer [39] | 39 | 14 years | 84% | Multiple | |
Reitenbach et al. [40] | TSF & IEF | 43 | 16 years | TSF 12.1% IEF 50% | Multiple |
Manggala et al. [41] | TSF & IEF | 14 | 4 years | TSF 28.6% IEF 71.4% | Multiple |
Guerreschi and Tsibidakis [43] | IEF | 63 | 25 years | 81% | Multiple |
Novikov et al. [42] | IEF | 138 | 23 years | 37% | Multiple |