Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics of the included patients
Characteristic | Value (n = 40) |
|---|---|
Age, years (mean ± SD) | 14.1 ± 1.8 |
Gender (n, %) | |
Males | 32 (80%) |
Females | 8 (20%) |
Degree of slippage (n, %) | |
Moderate | 13 (32.5%) |
Severe | 27 (67.5%) |
Side (n, %) | |
Left | 29 (72.5%) |
Right | 11 (27.5%) |
Duration of symptoms, months (mean ± SD) | 5.5 ± 1.6 |
Preoperative body mass index (BMI) (mean ± SD) | 25.7 ± 4.2 |
Preoperative Harris Hip Score (HHS), points (mean ± SD) | 45 ± 12.4 |
Preoperative limb length discrepancy (LLD), cm (mean ± SD) | 1.7 ± 0.7 |
Preoperative epiphyseal-shaft angle, degrees (mean ± SD) | 60.5 ± 15.3 |
Preoperative alpha angle, degrees (mean ± SD) | 72.5 ± 10.1 |