Prophylactic titanium elastic nailing (TEN) following femoral lengthening (Lengthening then rodding) with one or two nails reduces the risk for secondary interventions after regenerate fractures: a cohort study in monolateral vs. bilateral lengthening procedures

Table 3 Diagnoses in 67 patients with femoral lengthening and prophylactic nailing on removal of the fixator

Group	Diagnosis	Male	Female	Total
Group	Diagnosis	(n)	(n)	(n)
A	Achondroplasia	17	15	32
	Hypochondroplasia	0	2	2
B	Congenital disorders, hemimelia	11	9	20
	acquired LLD	1	6	7
	Other causes and idiopathic LLD	3	3	6
Sum		32	35	67

Group A includes 34 patients with 68 bilateral femoral lengthening procedures, group B includes 33 patients with unilateral lengthening procedures of the femur.
LLD, leg length discrepancies.

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