[De-epiphysiodesis and old traumata of the growth apparatus (author's transl)]

Basing themselves on eight cases treated over the past six years, the authors recount their experience of the operative elimination of partial closure of the epiphyseal plate. The closures were due to various causes and involved the lower extremities of the femur or tibia. Operative elimination alone was carried out in three cases, and associated with bone realignment in the remaining five. The results confirm the best prognosis for comparatively recent, localized peripheral epiphyseal plate closures.