Objectives: It is known that the screws of the eight-plate hemiepiphysiodesis construct diverge asgrowth occurs through the physis. Our objective was to investigate whether there is a correlation between the amount of change of the joint orientation angle (JOA) and that of the interscrew angle (ISA) ofthe eight-plate hemiepiphysiodesis construct before and after correction.Patients and methods: After the institutional review board approval, medical charts and X-rays of allpatients operated for either genu valgum or genu varum with eight-plate hemiepiphysiodesis wereanalyzed retrospectively. All consecutive patients at various ages with miscellaneous diagnoses wereincluded. JOA and ISA were measured before and after correction. After review of the X-rays, statisticalanalyses were performed which included Pearson correlation coefŞcient and regression analyses.Results: There were 53 segments of 30 patients included in the study. Eighteen were males, and 12 werefemales. Mean age at surgery was 9.1 (range 3e17). Mean follow-up time was 21.5 (range, 7e46) months.The diagnoses were diverse. A strong correlation was found between the delta JOA (d-JOA) and delta ISA(d-ISA) of the eight-plate hemiepiphysiodesis construct (r¼ 0.759 (0.615e0.854, 95%CI), p < 0.001). Thiscorrelation was independent of the age and gender of the patient.Conclusions: There is a strong correlation between the d-ISA and the d-JOA. The d-ISA follows the d-JOA ata predictable amount through formulas which regression analysis yielded. This study conŞrms the clinicalobservation of the diverging angle between the screws is in correlation with the correction of the JOA.Level of evidence: Level IV, Therapeutic study.© 2016 Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. This isan open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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