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PREMATURE INCOMPLETE FUSION OF THE GROWTH PLATE: CAUSES AND TREATMENT BY RESECTION(PHYSOLYSIS)IN FIFTEEN CASES
Author(s) -
Vickers D. W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1980.tb04148.x
Subject(s) - medicine , deformity , surgery
Premature incomplete fusion of the growth plate results in shortening and progressive deformity of bone and joint. A preliminary report is presented of encouraging results following a new operation aimed at a surgical cure by direct attack on the pathological bony bridge. Growth has been reestablished in all of the cases treated in this way, and progressive spontaneous correction of deformity has been observed. Injuries involving high energy dissipation were mostly responsible. A small number of cases followed burns or were of spontaneous onset.