[Continual valgum and varum in children treated by stapling (author's transl)]

The authors have conducted stapling experiments in 25 rabbits which have shown that, after four weeks, growth was stopped because of lesions of the germinal layer of the growth plate and the formation of bony bridges. They have reviewed the results obtained in 105 children with satisfactory results in 80 p. 100. The cause of some complications have been analysed. The best indication was idiopathic genu valgum of adolescence.