Remodelling after distal forearm fractures in children. II. The final x

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orientation of the distal and proximal epiphyseal plates of the radius. x Friberg KS. x Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica. [JC:1go] 50(6 Pt 2):731-9, 1979 Dec. x In 39 children the steric orientation of both the distal and the proximal x epiphyseal plates of the radius was evaluated 4 months to 10 years after x distal forearm fractures that had healed with residual angulation. A x residual fracture angulation was found to induce a change in orientation x of both the distal and proximal epiphyseal plates. The final result of the x reorientation was a normalization of the inclination of the plates in x relation to the long axis of the bone. The proximal epiphyseal plate x attained practically a normal orientation. The distal epephyseal plate x tended towards overcorrection. In two of the four cases with a primary x angulation exceeding 20 degrees considerable normalization occurred, but a x "normal" state was not reached. This indicates an upper limit for x angulations permitting normalization of the orientation of the distal x epiphyseal plate of the radius. x