Table 3 Type of fixator, indications for lengthening, and complications
From: Regenerate bone stimulation following limb lengthening: a meta-analysis
| Â | Â | Indications for Lengthening (number) | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Authors, Year | Fixator type | Bone Transport | Post-traumatic LLD | Congenital LLD | Symmetric Growth Restrictions | Other LLD | Complications |
Salem and Schmelz, 2014 [43] | Circular | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NR |
El-Mowafi and Mohsen, 2005 [41] | Circular | 0 | 18 | Congenital Anterolateral Bowing of Tibia (2) | 0 | 0 | 4 delayed unions, 1 failure to consolidate |
Dudda et al., 2011 [40] | Monolateral (23), Circular (6), hybrid (7) | 0 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 2 amputations (infection), 4 Pseudoarthroses |
Gebauer and Correll, 2005 [42] | Circular | 0 | 1 | Fibular hemimelia (5), CFD (1), Congenital Pseudoarthrosis (1) | Achondroplasia (3), Russell-Silver syndrome (1) | Polio (1) | NR |
Gonzalez et al., 2005 [44] | Monolateral | 0 | 0 | Chondrodysplasia (1), fibular hemimelia (1) | Achondroplasia (24), Turner's Syndrome (4) | 0 | NR |
Eyres et al., 1996 [45] | Monolateral (16), Circular (2) | 0 | 0 | Congenital short femur and tibia (2), Fibular hemimelia (1) | Achondroplasia (4), Turner's Syndrome (2) | Polio (1), infection (1), radiation (1), Ollier's (1) | NR |
Gold and Wasserman, 2005 [46] | Circular | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NR |