Group | Group A – bilateral | Group B - monolateral | ||||||||||
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Case with fracture no. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6* | 7* | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Amount of lengthening (mm) | 58 | 60 | 59 | 61 | 67 | 60 | 60 | 43 | 25 | 48 | 10 | 30 |
Healing index (months/cm) | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 1.6 |
Li et al [12] types** | ||||||||||||
removal of fixator | 2–6 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 3–6 | 2–6 | 5–6 | 5-6 | 1–6 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
removal of TENs | 1–6 | 1–9 | 2–9 | 2–9 | 2–9 | 1–9 | 1-9 | 2–9 | 2–9 | 4–9 | 1–10 | 2–10 |
At follow-up | 2–9 | 2–9 | 2–9 | 2–9 | 2–9 | 2–9 | 2-9 | 2–9 | 2–9 | 2–9 | 1–10 | 2–10 |
Fracture type [15] | 1b | 1b | 1b | 1b | 1b | 1a | 1a | 1b | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Fracture seen on day (after fixator removal) | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41 | 50 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
Number of TENs used | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
TENs wearing time (days) | 98 | 133 | 126 | 97 | 100 | 179 | 179 | 151 | 154 | 152 | 302 | 162 |