title: Growth disturbance lines after injury of the distal tibial physis. Their significance in prognosis.
abstract: We reviewed 26 fractures involving the distal physis of the tibia to identify the patterns of formation and displacement of the subsequent growth disturbance lines. Twenty-one patients showed a regular "normal" pattern of line and healed with no deformity. Three patients had medical physeal arrest revealed by abnormal lines. Two other cases had a minor central physeal arrest without subsequent deformity. The pattern and character of the growth disturbance line can provide an early warning of potential deformity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Children's Hospital, Dublin, Eire.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hynes
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: O'Brien
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000254:growth & development*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*