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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Complications in the lengthened segments in patients with and without Ollier’s disease

From: New bone formation accelerates during lower limb lengthening and deformity correction in children with Ollier’s disease

Complication

Group 1 (Ollier’s disease) case, %, (N = 11)

Group 2 (control) case, %, (N = 29)

P (chi-square test)

Joint stiffness

1, 9.1%

2, 6.9%

0.814

Infection

1, 9.1%

1, 3.4%

0.465

Pathological fracture

1, 9.1%

2, 6.9%

0.814

Early consolidation

1, 9.1%

0, 0

0.100

Vascular impairment

0

0

/

Neurapraxia

0

0

/

Non-union

0

0

/