TIBIAL LENGTHENING - EPIPHYSEAL AND CALLUS DISTRACTION COMPARED IN 39PATIENTS WITH 3-14 YEARS FOLLOW-UP

We examined 32 patients with 39 lengthenings (mean 8 cm) of the lower leg 3-14 years postoperatively, 23 distraction epiphyseolyses and 16 c orticotomies with callus distraction had been carried out using the Il izarov system. Both procedures yielded the same healing indices and th e number of problems and complications was the same in the two groups. After distraction epiphyseolysis, serious complications of the knee a nd greater deviations from the normal leg axis were commoner than afte r callus distraction, which we now prefer.