Post-traumatic partial closure of the distal tibial growth plate, treated by the Langenskiöld procedure

A young child was treated for an epiphysio-metaphyseal bone bridge at the level of the medial malleolus by desepiphysiodesis as described by Langenskiöld. The varus deformity of the ankle was not corrected by an osteotomy, but a progressive correction did take place, and after two-and-a-half years, the position of the foot and the ankle was completely normal.