Bone bridge resection combined with 8-plate internal fixation in treatment of children lower limb deformity caused by epiphyseal plate closure
DONG Yi-fei
FU Gang
WANG Yu-kun
GUO Yuan
Abstract：Objective To observe the efficacy of using 8-plate internal fixation combined with bone bridge resection in treatment of progressive lower limb angulation deformity caused by partial epiphyseal plate closure in children .Methods Bone bridge resection combined with 8-plate internal fixation were used in 45 children with lower limb deformities which caused by partial epiphyseal plate closure .Results Among 45 cases, 39 cases were followed up for 15-44 months (aver-age 26 months) and their deformity angles had no progressive exacerbation when compared with that before the operation . Among 39 cases, 10 cases didn't change deformity angles, and 29 cases improved, correcting degree was 8 °-25 °(average 14 °).Among 29 patients, 13 cases corrected to neutral, and 16 cases experienced insufficient correction , but the angles were not fully restored to normal .Conclusion Bone bridge resection combined with 8-plate internal fixation in treatment of partial epiphyseal plate closure in children caused by lower limb deformities can be more quickly corrected , which is a sim-ple and effective procedure with less injuries and low complication rate .
Keywords：bone bridge resectionepiphyseal plate closurehemiepiphysiodesis8-plate
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 23-26 )