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Correction of asymmetric physeal closure. Rotatory distraction in 3 cases
C Hamanishi1, S Tanaka, K Tamura
1Department of Orthopedics, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
Three cases of asymmetric physeal closure with angular deformities of the ankle, knee, and wrist, respectively, were corrected by rotatory physeal distraction. Osteotomy of the bony bridges was unnecessary.