Case report: Radial overgrowth and deformity after metaphyseal fracture fixation in a child
Williams, A.A.; Szabo, R.M.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 2005(435): 258-262
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X PMID: 15930948 Document Number: 591527
Pediatric fractures sometimes are complicated by growth disturbances. Most reported growth disturbances are in the lower extremity and can entail growth arrest or overgrowth. We report a case of overgrowth and angular deformity after an extraphyseal distal radius fracture that resulted in clinically significant pain and functional impairment because of palmar instability of the distal ulna. A dome osteotomy was successful in treating the patient's wrist pain, distal radioulnar instability, and multiplanar deformity of the distal radius.