title: Radiographic appearances following surgical correction of the partially fused epiphyseal plate.
abstract: Surgical correction of partial post-traumatic fusion of an epiphyseal plate by resection of the bony bridge across the plate and replacement of the bridge by a fat implant causes a characteristic radiographic appearance which is illustrated by two patients and an animal model. Failure to recognize this characteristic postoperative pattern may lead to a misdiagnosis of infection or other bone pathology.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011817:Rabbits; D011859:Radiography; D000072042:Salter-Harris Fractures