ReviewEFORT open reviews2021
Growth modulation with tension-band plates for the correction of paediatric lower limb angular deformity: current concepts and indications for a rational use.
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- Rebound After Guided Growth for Idiopathic Genu Valgum: Long-Term Radiographic Follow-Up to Skeletal Maturity and Associated Factors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Guided growth: Current concepts and novel techniques for harnessing a child's growth potential.Journal of children's orthopaedics · 2026Review
- Simultaneous Biarticular Growth Modulation for Ipsilateral Concomitant Valgus Deformities of the Knee and Ankle: Short-Term Results of a Case Series.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Treatment of coronal knee angular deformities in children by a modified métaizeau percutaneous transphyseal screw technique.International orthopaedics · 2026Article
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- Body Weight Distribution and Balance in Patients with Valgus or Varus Knee Deformity Treated with Hemiepiphysiodesis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The Effect of Rotational Guided Growth With Flexible Tethers on the Distal Femoral Bone: An Experimental Study in a Porcine Model.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2025Article
- Gait Analysis in Patients After Hemiepiphysiodesis Due to Valgus or Varus Knee Deformity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A Novel Minimally Invasive Surgical Technique for Eight-Plate Hemiepiphysiodesis: Description and Evaluation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Simultaneous Meniscal Repair and Temporary Guided Growth Using a Tension Band Plate to Correct Alignment in Pediatric Discoid Lateral Meniscus Patients With Valgus Knee.Arthroscopy techniques · 2024Article
- Hemiepiphysiodesis Corrects Lower Extremity Coronal Plane Deformity in Children with Skeletal Dysplasia Irrespective of Intra-Articular Malalignment.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2024Article
- Surgical outcome of angular deformity correction of lower limbs in rickets: a cross-sectional study.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024Article
- Do Patient Sex and Age Affect Hemiepiphysiodesis Outcomes?Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Spontaneous Resolution of Pediatric Varus Ankle Deformity: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2024Article
- Correction of rotational deformities in long bones using guided growth: a scoping review.EFORT open reviews · 2024Article
- Outcomes of Eight-Plate Epiphysiodesis for Residual Clubfoot Deformities.Orthopaedic surgery · 2022Article
- Design of a New "U"-shaped Staple and Its Clinical Application in Postoperative Ankle Valgus of Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia in Children.Orthopaedic surgery · 2022Article
- [Epiphysiodesis and hemiepiphysiodesis : Physeal arrest and guided growth for the lower extremity].Der Orthopade · 2022Article
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Abstract
Growth modulation (GM) with tension-band plates (TBPs) by tethering part of the growth plate is an established technique for the correction of angular deformities in children, and it has increasingly supplanted more invasive osteotomies.Growth modulation with TBPs is a safe and effective method to correct a variety of deformities in skeletally immature patients with idiopathic and pathological physes. The most common indication is a persistent deformity in the coronal plane of the knee exceeding 10°, with anterior and/or lateral joint pain, patellofemoral instability, gait disturbance, or cosmetic concerns. GM has also shown good results in patients with fixed flexion deformity of the knee and ankle valgus.This paper reviews the history of the procedure, current indications, and recent advances underlying physeal manipulation with TBPs. Cite this article:
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