title: Physeal surgery: indications and operative treatment.
abstract: The evaluation and treatment of problems that can be corrected by surgery on the growth plate have changed somewhat in recent years; therefore, it is the purpose of this article to update the reader on these advances, as well as review the basic concepts. We review the radiographic evaluation of problems in the extremities and detail key points of physeal operative techniques for correcting problems occurring with growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Allegheny University Hospitals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Guille
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bowen
mesh_terms: D006132:Growth Plate / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000254:growth & development / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000601:surgery; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D000072042:Salter-Harris Fractures; D017792:Surgical Stapling