Valgus deformity after fracture of the proximal tibial metaphysis in childhood.
When a childhood fracture of the proximal tibial metaphysis with valgus dislocation is not anatomically reduced, a valgus deformity comparable with the angulation seen on the accident X-ray develops within a few weeks. The angulation o the proximal tibia shows neither exacerbation nor regression, but in a number of cases correction of the mechanical axis occurs in the distal epiphyseal plate.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D014945:Wound Healing