Table 1 Patients result

Mean age at index surgery

3.5 years (range, 1.5 to 12.4 years)

Follow up

5.2 years (range, 3 to 6.7 years)

Bone initial union time

50 cases (89.2 %)

4.5 months (range, 3.0 to 10.0 months)

Proximal tibial valgus

11 cases (19.6 %)

9.5° (range, 5 to 24°)

Ankle valgus

10 cases (17.9 %)

12.3° (range, 6 to 21°)

Limb-length discrepancy

16 cases (28.6 %)

2.2 cm (range, 1.5–4.2 cm)

Refracture

13 cases (26.0 %)