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Usefulness of the Sauvegrain Method of Bone Age Assessment in Indian Children

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Introduction

Bone age estimation is very useful in children undergoing epiphysiodesis or guided growth surgery especially during the years of accelerated growth. It may be noted that no data are available on bone age estimation for Indian children of this age group. Sauvegrain (French) method is a very useful and simple method for bone age assessment during the years of accelerated growth. We decided to check the usefulness and the accuracy of the Sauvegrain method in Indian children.

Materials and methods

A team of two pediatric orthopaedic surgeons and a radiologist scored elbow X-rays of 80 healthy children (40 boys and 40 girls), using the Sauvegrain method twice. Interobserver reliability and intraobserver reproducibility of the Sauvegrain scoring were assessed.

Results

There was a very strong correlation between all observers in both rounds (r = > 0.8) and an excellent reproducibility by the same observer in both rounds (r = 0.955). Chronological and bone age are considered the same if the difference between them is less than 6 months. With this criterion bone and chronological ages matched in > 37% of boys and girls, similar to the study done in French children. In the nonmatching group, more children had delayed bone age compared to their chronological age.

Conclusion

The Sauvegrain method of bone age assessment described for French children was found to be useful in estimating bone age in Indian children. It is especially helpful in the clinical practice for detecting mismatch between the chronological and the radiological age before undertaking guided growth or epiphysiodesis.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Dr Hitesh Chauhan, Dr Hitesh Shah, Dr Rohini Patel and Dr Hiral Naik for their help in preparation of this manuscript.

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  1. Rainbow Superspeciality Hospital and Children’s Orthopaedic Centre, Next To Asia School, Behind HDFC Bank, Opposite Drive in Cinema Bodakdev, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380054, India

    Premal Naik

  2. Smt S C L Hospital, Smt NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

    Premal Naik

  3. Ganjwala Orthopedic Hospital, 302, Anshi Avenue, Polytechnic, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380015, India

    Dhren Ganjwala

  4. Smt NHL Municipal Medical College and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

    Chhaya Bhatt

  5. Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Opp. Airforce quarters, Lekawada, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

    Kranti Suresh Vora

  6. University of Canberra, Bruce, Australia

    Kranti Suresh Vora

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PN (MS, DNB ortho) (Corresponding author)—study design, performed measurements, prepared manuscript. DG (M S, ortho.)—performed measurements. CB (MD, DNB, DMRE Radio Diagnosis)—performed measurements. KV (MD, MPH, PhD)—performed statistical analysis and helped in manuscript preparation. All the authors have significantly contributed to our paper. We do not have any other disclosures.

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Naik, P., Ganjwala, D., Bhatt, C. et al. Usefulness of the Sauvegrain Method of Bone Age Assessment in Indian Children. JOIO 55, 116–124 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43465-020-00189-1

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