title: Periosteal tether causing angular growth deformity: report of two clinical cases and an experimental model.
abstract: Two human cases of periosteal tethering causing a disturbance of longitudinal bone growth are presented. Production of a periosteal tether in an experimental rabbit model supported a causal relationship between the tether and the growth disturbance. Excision of the periosteal tether (with or without an osteotomy) produced some correction of the growth disturbance in these two cases. One should keep this entity in mind as a possible cause for an acquired growth disturbance in a long bone.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Haasbeek
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rang
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Blackburn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010521:Periosteum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011817:Rabbits; D011859:Radiography; D014457:Ulna / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery