Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Patient data
Variable | Total cohort | Temporary epiphysiodesis | Permanent epiphysiodesis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Both genders | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | |
Patients, n | 34 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 |
Aetiology, n | |||||||
Familial | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Constitutional | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
Marfan syndrome | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
Mean chronological age at surgery, years (range) | 12.7 (8.7–17.8) | 12.3 (8.7–15.3) | 13.2 (10.1–17.8) | 10.5 (8.7–12.8) | 12.6 (11.4–13.6) | 12.8 (10.6–15.3) | 13.7 (10.1–17.8) |
Mean bone age at surgery, years (range) | 12.7 (8.8–15.2) | 12.0 (8.8–14.0) | 13.3 (10.0–15.2) | 12.0 (8.8–12.5) | 13.3 (11.6–15.2) | 11.9 (11.0–14.0) | 13.0 (10.0–15.2) |
Mean height at surgery, cm (range) | 179.6 (153.0–200.5) | 175.2 (153.0–194.5) | 184.7 (170.0–200.5) | 167.8 (155.0–180.0) | 183.5 (171.0–193.0) | 177.3 (153.0–194.5) | 185.6 (170.0–200.5) |
Mean predicted final height, cm (range) | 200.6 (180.0–221.5) | 191.8 (180.0–210.0) | 210.5 (195.2–221.5) | 195.5 (187.5–202.5) | 212.4 (200.8–221.5) | 190.7 (180.0–210.0) | 209.1 (195.2–219.0) |
Proportion index (range) | 0.96 (0.83–1.12) | 0.98 (0.87–1.12) | 0.94 (0.83–1.04) | 0.97 (0.89–1.04) | 0.93 (0.87–0.99) | 0.98 (0.87–1.12) | 0.94 (0.83–1.04) |