Magnetic resonance imaging of growth plates nailing of the forearm and leg bones
Drugová, B.; Michaljanic, T.
Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca 67(1): 36-38
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5415 PMID: 20478184 Document Number: 515791
Results of the presented study indicate that MR imaging is a suitable method for demonstration of the abnormalities of the growth cartilage associated with the intramedullary fixation of the long bones of the forearm and leg. MR imaging permits noninvasive evaluation of the cartilage of the growth plate and the demonstration of the osseous bridges and the residual fibrous channels. Key words: osteosynthesis, growth plate, osseous bridge, MR imaging.