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| Number of patients | 10 |
| Number of femora | 10 |
| Age (years) | 41.5 (range: 11–89) |
| Follow-up time after surgery (months) | 53.0 (range: 13.6–75.7) |
| Pre-operative deformities | Varus (3), internal rotation (2), external rotation (2) |
| Pre-operative medical conditions | Osteomyelitis (4), neuropathy (3), diabetes (1) |
| Pre-operative varus (mm medial MAD) | 36.8 (range 0–64) |
| Post-operative varus (mm medial MAD) | 11.3 (range: 0–44) |
| Pre-operative valgus (mm lateral MAD) | 7.0 (range: 0–14.0) |
| Post-operative valgus (mm lateral MAD) | 3.2 (0–9.0) |
| Pre-operative LDFA (deg.) | 94.0 (range: 79–106) |
| Post-operative LFDA (deg.) | 85.9 (range: 81–92) |
| Pre-operative knee range of motion (deg.) | 0.0° (SD: 0) –71.43° (SD: 60.67) |
| Post-operative knee range of motion (deg.) | 0.0° (SD: 0) –46.67° (SD: 52.97) |
| Preoperative total bone loss (cm) | 7.1 (range: 0.0–16.5) |
| Post-operative total LLD (cm) | 1.7 (range: 0.0–5.0) |
| Pre-operative femoral length discrepancy (cm) | 5.7 (0.0–16.5) |
| Post-operative femoral length discrepancy (cm) | 0.4 (range: 0.0–1.4) |
| Number of patients requiring bone graft | 7 |
| Distraction time (months) | 4.3 (range: 0.7–6.7; SD: 1.97) |
| Time of fixation (months) | 5.6 (range: 0–12.5, SD: 4.1) |
| Total time in frame (months) | 9.9 (range: 0.95–17.8) |
| External fixation index (months/cm) | 1.86 |
| Complications | Pin site infection (2), chronic osteomyelitis leading to amputation (1),
knee contracture (1), internal rotation (1), varus (1), recurvatum (1) |
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