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Table 1

Study demographics.

Author:Year [Reference] Patients (N) Forearms (N) Male:Female (N) Mean age (Y) Mean follow-up (Y.M) Family history (N) Surgical indications Masada subtype
Cho:2014 [19] 3 3 0:3 7.2 2.1 NR Restricted rotation & cosmetic IIB (3)
D'Ambrosi:2016 [15] 15 15 8:7 10.1 6.4 NR Restricted rotation or daily activities, ulnar shortening ≥ 1.5 cm IIA (6), IIB (8), III (1)
Demir:2011 [39] 6 6 2:4 12 4.2 NR Restricted rotation, pain, neurovascular compression & cosmetic IIA (3), IIB (3)
Vogt:2011 [21] 12 12 3:9 9.8 2 NR Ulnar shortening ≥ 1 cm, progressive deformity, functional impairment I (7), IIA (1), IIB (4)
Tang:2013 [41] 14 14 8:6 9.2 3.6 NR Restricted daily activities, Ulnar shortening ≥ 1.5 cm, & cosmetic I (14)
Masada:1989 [3] 11 13 5:6 10.3 2.6 7 Restricted daily activities & ROM I (9), IIA (1), IIB (2), III (1)
Beutel:2014 [20] 1 1 1:0 11 2 None Pain & restricted ROM in elbow I (1)
Hill:2011 [22] # 4 5 2:2 8.8 2.2 NR Wrist, forearm or elbow deformity with ulnar or radial shortening > 2 cm, particularly young children, restricted daily activities NR
Litzelmann:2012 [7] 14 15 NR* 11.1 9.8 NR Cosmetic or functional (pain or limited mobility) based upon surgeon preference I (7), IIA (1), IIB (4), III (3)
Jiya:1997 [11] 10 12 NR 13.3 6.3 NR Restricted daily activities, grip strength I (9), III (3)
Shin:2006 [10] 22 22 NR 9.2, 8.8, 11.1 3.6 NR Pain, functional loss of movement of the forearm & cosmesis. I (11), I and/or IIB (11)
Rasool:2008 [31] 2 2 0:2 5 1.3 NR Elbow pain & deformity IIA (1),IIB (1)
Pritchett:1986 [26] 8 10 3:5 11.4 3.1 NR Ulnar shortening ≥ 1.5, carpal slip ≥50%, symptomatic radial head instability, restricted daily activities & cosmetic. NR
Massobrio:2015 [27] 1 1 0:1 9 20 NR Functional restriction of ROM in elbow & wrist I (1)
Kelly:2016 [28] 13 15 NR Boys:10.3 & Girls: 11.5 5 NR NR NR
Tonogai:2015 [18] 2 3 1:1 9.5 3.7 NR Restricted ROM I (2), III (1)
Refsland:2016 [14] 17 17 11:6 7 4.6 NR Restricted ROM I (10), IIB (7)
Bauer:2017 [17] 3 3 NR* 15 NR NR Restricted ROM NR
Yang:2013 [34] 2 2 1:1 6.5 Boy:1 & Girl:8 1 Deformed wrist I (1), IIB (1)
Bilen:2009 [23] 7 8 3:4 10 3.3 NR NR I (5), IIB (3)
Mader:2003 [40] 2 4 1:1 8.8 2 NR Functional restricted of ROM, ulnar/radial shortening ≥ 2 cm, carpal slip ≥ 50% & RAA ≥ 40° I (4)
Peterson:2008 [32] 1 1 1:0 9.2 15 NR Elbow deformity & unstable, forearm length discrepancy, restricted motion IIB (1)
Eralp:2016 [16] 3 4 NR 10 5.8 NR Deformity & restricted daily life activities I (4)
Waters:1997 [13] 17 NR 11:11* 10.7* 3 NR Progressive forearm/wrist deformity, limited/painful ROM, radial head subluxation & based on definite radiographic criteria I (12), IIA (4), IIB (1)
Ip:2003 [30] 6 6 5:1 7.6 2.5 5 Daily life activities & cosmetic I (6)
Song:2013 [6] 10 13 6:4 9.6 4.8 NR Functional limitation of motion, pain & definite radiographic criteria I (12), IIB (1)
Akita:2007 [8] 23¥ 31 17:6* 11 12.8 18 Osteochondroma excision: painful ROM or cosmetic. Lengthening/osteotomy: based on definite radiographic criteria I (21), IIA (2), IIB (3), III (5)
Matsubara:2006 [24] 7 7 3:4 10.8 7.1 NR Radial head dislocation, daily life activities, painful forearm rotation, deformity & cosmetic. I (6), IIA (1)
Ishikawa:2007 [9] 13 14 6:7 7.9 4.5 NR NR I (14)
Cheng:1991 [25] 4 4 2:2 12 1.5 NR Ulnar shortening ≥ 2 cm, radial head instability & functional limitation of ROM NR
Rodgers:1993 [33] 2 2 2:0 13.5 8.5 1 Painful radial head dislocation +/− severe elbow & forearm deformity IIA (1), IIB (1)
Irani:1993 [43] 10 12 4:6 10.8 6.5 NR Pain & cosmetic, progressive deformity (≥ 1 cm ulnar shortening). I (4), IIA (4), III (4)
Fogel:1984 [12] 17 21 12:5 9 4.5 NR Pain & cosmetic, progressive radiologic deformity (≥ 1.5 cm ulnar shortening, radial articular angle ≥ 30° & carpal slip ≥ 30°), rotation restriction & symptomatic radial head subluxation. NR
Arms:1997 [29] 22 NR NR Range 7–77 (mean NR) > 2 NR Symptomatic osteochondroma prominent, painful, aesthetically unacceptable. NR

N number, NR not reported.

*

gender distribution & other demographics were provided either for the overall number of children diagnosed with HMO and not for those operated, or for overall number of different diagnostic groups and not for HMO, or for both skeletally mature & immature;

#

patient characteristics, follow-up, methodology, outcome and complications (except radial head status) were provided for 10 patients with various diagnostic groups and the details of HMO patients were not provided separately;

a separate mean was given for each of he 3 surgical procedures conducted;

¥

4/23 patients were skeletally mature;

the study comprised a cohort of patients treated conservatively and surgically 37 of which were subjected to a telephone questionnaire but patient demographics, disease characteristics and interventions were not provided separately for operated group.

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