Determining the Best Treatment for Coronal Angular Deformity of the Knee Joint in Growing Children: A Decision Analysis
Table 1
Definition of variables with baseline probabilities in the decision tree.
Variable
Tree definition
Baseline
Range
Studies
Rate of outcomes after temporary hemiepiphysiodesis using stapling
_staple_Cx
0.225
0.000~0.667
Pistevos and Duckworth [16], Zuege et al. [17], Fraser et al. [18], Mielke and Stevens [19], Stevens et al. [20], Raab et al. [8], Degreef et al. [21], Westberry et al. [9], Park et al. [10], Eidelman and D’Agostino [23], Stevens and Pease [11], Novais and Stevens [24], Castañeda et al. [27], Stevens and Klatt [12], Wiemann et al. [31], Courvoisier et al. [32], Bushnell et al. [33], Cho et al. [34], Shin et al. [36], Jelinek et al. [41], Gottliebsen et al. [42]
_staple_metal failure
0.108
0.000~0.453
_staple_incomplete correction
0.118
0.000~0.576
_staple_incomplete correction_observation
0.053
0.000~0.303
_staple_incomplete correction_osteotomy
0.064
0.000~0.273
Rate of outcomes after temporary hemiepiphysiodesis using screw
_screw_Cx
0.148
0.000~0.333
Métaizeau et al. [5], Nouh and Kuo [22], Khoury et al. [25], Brauwer and Moens [28], Mesa and Yamhure [29], Shin et al. [36]
_screw_metal failure
0.000
0.000~0.000
_screw_incomplete correction
0.148
0.054~0.333
_screw_incomplete correction_observation
0.092
0.000~0.333
_screw_incomplete correction_osteotomy
0.056
0.000~0.115
Rate of outcomes after temporary hemiepiphysiodesis using tension band plate
_plate_Cx
0.092
0.000~0.278
Stevens and Pease [11], Stevens [6], Stevens and Klatt [12], Burghardt et al. [26], Wiemann et al. [31], Schroerlucke et al. [30], Burghardt and Herzenberg [37], Ballal et al. [35], Guzman et al. [38], Boero et al. [39], Scott [40], Jelinek et al. [41], Gottliebsen et al. [42]
