Patients |
Sex |
Female | 56 (22.8) |
Male | 190 (77.2) |
Age, mean ± SD (range), yr | 2.28 ± 1.35 (0.00–6.00) |
Weight, mean ± SD (range), kg (n = 245) | 14.58 ± 3.35 (6.30–24.00) |
Fractures |
Energy of mechanism |
High | 213 (86.6) |
Low | 33 (13.4) |
Laterality |
Left | 116 (47.2) |
Right | 130 (52.8) |
Pattern |
Spiral | 152 (61.8) |
Oblique | 63 (25.6) |
Transverse | 27 (11.0) |
Comminuted | 4 (1.6) |
Initial shortening, mean ± SD (range), mm (n = 224) | 14.9 ± 10.0 (0.00–43.60) |
Initial coronal angulation, mean ± SD (range), ° (n = 238) | 10.8 ± 9.5 (0.00–57.00) |
Initial sagittal angulation, mean ± SD (range), ° (n = 232) | 10.8 ± 10.5 (0.10–61.00) |
Treatment |
Delay between injury and spica application, mean ± SD (range), d | 0.98 ± 0.56 (0.00–3.00) |
Type of spica (n = 240) |
Single leg | 169 (70.4) |
One and a half legs | 66 (27.5) |
Two legs | 5 (2.1) |
Orthopedic technician present (n = 245) | 147 (60.0) |
Total hospital stay duration, mean ± SD (range), d | 1.60 ± 0.98 (0.00–6.00) |
Duration of postoperative hospital stay, mean ± SD (range), d | 0.94 ± 0.86 (0.00–5.00) |
Follow-up |
Time in spica, mean ± SD (range), d | 36.68 ± 8.44 (10.00–79.00) |
Duration of follow-up, mean ± SD (range), mo | 7.48 ± 10.46 (0.66–91.36) |
No. of follow-up visits, mean ± SD (range) | 3.31 ± 1.28 (1.00–9.00) |
Radiographic shortening at last follow-up, mean ± SD (range), mm (n = 58) | 5.5 ± 5.6 (0.00–19.40) |
Radiographic coronal angulation at last follow-up, mean ± SD (range), ° (n = 215) | 4.2 ± 4.6 (0.00–34.40) |
Radiographic sagittal angulation at last follow-up, mean ± SD (range), ° (n = 199) | 9.0 ± 8.2 (0.10–55.90) |