Accuracy of adult height predictions in patients with axial leg deviations using the Modified and the Abbreviated Modified Fels Knee System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The accurate estimation of residual growth is crucial for the appropriate timing of growth-guiding surgery in patients with axial leg deviations. Skeletal age methods such as the Modified and the Abbreviated Modified Fels Knee System were developed on historical patient cohorts and the applicability to the modern pediatric population with axial leg deviation has not yet been evaluated.

Questions/purposes

Are both final adult height prediction methods (the Modified Fels Knee System (FKS) and the Abbreviated Modified Fels Knee System (aFKS)) accurate to determine SA and the final adult height on long leg radiographs in patients with axial leg deviations?Which multiplier table shows highest association between predicted and true final adult body height?Do FKS- and aF

SUBMITTER: Braun S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11556750 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature