title: Case report: Radial overgrowth and deformity after metaphyseal fracture fixation in a child.
abstract: Pediatric fractures sometimes are complicated by growth disturbances. Most reported growth disturbances are in the lower extremity and can entail growth arrest or overgrowth. We report a case of overgrowth and angular deformity after an extraphyseal distal radius fracture that resulted in clinically significant pain and functional impairment because of palmar instability of the distal ulna. A dome osteotomy was successful in treating the patient's wrist pain, distal radioulnar instability, and multiplanar deformity of the distal radius.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California-Davis, 4860 Y Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
authors.forename: Amy A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Szabo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017760:Bone Malalignment / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D011884:Radius / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000254:growth & development*; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular