Lower-limb growth: How predictable are predictions?

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 407-415

  Kelly, Paula M ^a   Diméglio, Alain ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bone age; Epiphysiodesis; Lower limb growth; Prediction of lower limb discrepancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049092106     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-008-0119-8     Document Type: Review

References (24)

1. Dimeglio A (1987) La coissance en orthopedie. Sauramps, Montpellier
2. Dimeglio A (2001) Growth in pediatric orthopaedics. J Pediatr Orthop 21(4):549-555. doi: 10.1097/00004694-200107000-00026
3. Snijders RJ, Nicolaides K (1994) Fetal biometry at 14-40 weeks gestation. Ultrasound Obstet Gynaecol 4(1):34-48
4. Chitty LS, Altman DG, Henderson A, Campbell S (1994) Charts of fetal size: 4. Femur length. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 101:132-135
5. Guihard-Costa AMTO, Droulle P, Larroche JC (1991) Growth velocity of the biparietal diameter, abdominal diameter and femur length in the fetal period. Early Hum Dev 27:93-102. doi: 10.1016/0378-3782(91)90030-7
6. O'Brien GD, Queenan JT (1981) Growth of the ultrasound fetal femur length during normal pregnancy. Part 1. Am J Obstet Gynecol 141:833-837
7. Shapiro F (1982) Developmental patterns in lower-extremity discrepancies. J Bone Joint Surg Am 64(5):639-651
8. Anderson M, Green WT, Messner MB (1963) Growth and predictions of growth in the lower extremities. J Bone Joint Surg Am 45-A:1-14
9. Menelaus MB (1966) Correction of leg length discrepancy by epiphyseal arrest. J Bone Joint Surg Br 48(2):336-339
10. Moseley CF (1977) A straight-line graph for leg-length discrepancies. J Bone Joint Surg 59(2):174-179
11. Paley D, Bhave A, Herzenberg JE, Bowen JR (2000) Multiplier method for predicting limb-length discrepancy. J Bone Joint Surg 82-A(10):1432-1446
12. Lefort J (1981) Utilization of a coefficient of residual growth in prediction of lower limb discrepancies (author's transl). Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot 67(8):753-756
13. Filipe G, Bercovy M, Carlioz H (1978) Epiphysiodesis in the treatment of discrepancies in length of the lower extremities (author's translation). Chir Pediatr 19(4):227-231
14. Paley J, Gelman A, Paley D, Herzenberg J (2005) The prenatal multiplier for prediction of limb length discrepancy. Prenat Diagn 25(6):435-438
15. Bayley N, Pinneau SR (1952) Tables for predicting adult height from skeletal age: Revised for use with the Greulich-Pyle hand standards. J Pediatr 40(4):423-441. doi: 10.1016/S0022-3476(52)80205-7
16. Kasser JR, Jenkins R (1997) Accuracy of leg length prediction in children younger than 10 years of age. Clin Orthop Relat Res 338:9-13. doi: 10.1097/00003086-199705000-00003
17. Dimeglio A, Charles YP, Daures JP, De Rossa V, Kabore B (2005) Accuracy of the sauvegrain method in determining skeletal age during puberty. J Bone Joint Surg Am 87:1689-1696. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02418
18. Charles YP, Canavese F, Dimeglio A (2005) Skeletal age determination from the elbow during pubertal growth. Orthopade 34(10):1052-1053, 1055-1057, 1059-1060
19. Tanner J (1978) Physical growth and development. In: Forfar JO, Arneil GC (eds) Textbook of paediatrics, 2nd edn. Churchill Livingstone, New York, p 249
20. Dewaele J, Fabry G (1992) The timing of epiphysiodesis. A comparative study between the use of the method of Anderson and Green and the Moseley chart. Acta Orthop Belg 58:43-47
21. Porat S, Peyser A, Robin GC (1991) Equalization of lower limbs by epiphysiodesis: Results of treatment. J Pediatr Orthop 11:442-448
22. Little DG, Nigo L, Aiona MD (1996) Deficiencies of current methods for the timing of epiphysiodesis. J Pediatr Orthop 16:173-179. doi: 10.1097/ 00004694-199603000-00007
23. White JW, Stubbins SG (1944) Growth arrest for equalizing leg lengths. JAMA 126:1146
24. Morrissy RT, Weinstein S (2001) Lovell and Winter's pediatric orthopaedics, 6th edn., vol 1, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, pp 1545