epiphysiodesis

Indications

• correction of leg length discrepancy
  • poliomyelitis
  • cerebral palsy
  • muscle atrophy
  • muscle spasticity
  • Legg-Perthes disease
  • bone fractures may stimulate excessive bone growth
  • birth defects (congenital deformities) of bones, joints, muscles, tendons, or ligaments

Procedure

• removal of the epiphyseal plate (growth plate) of a bone, or
• a cube containing part of the epiphyseal plate is rotated 90 degrees & reinserted

More general terms

• orthopedic surgery