Table 1.
Partial physeal bars: peripheral.
| S.no. | Age at infection (months) | Age first presented (months) | Femur/tibia | Sepsis treatment | Age at intervention (if any) (years) | Preintervention deformitya (degrees) | Primary intervention | Follow up post infection (years) | Deformity at final follow upa | Shortening (cm) | Articular abnormality | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 | 23 | Right tibia | AB | 4 | 40 | BE + HE contralateral side | 10.5 | 49 | 12 | F | Concomitant involvement right distal tibia |
| 2. | 24 | 36 | Left femur | AB | 4 | 27.8 | BE + HE contralateral side | 11 | 0 | 1.5 | – | Permanent epiphyseodesis + closing wedge osteotomy left distal femur + right distal femur epiphyseodesis at age 10 years |
| 3. | 1 | 1 | Right tibia | I and D + AB | – | – | – | 3 | 7.9 | 2 | F | Neonatal infection |
BE-bar excision; HE-hemiepiphyseodesis; AB-antibiotics; I and D-incision and drainage; F- flattening.
a
Deformity as compared to opposite unaffected limb [aLDFA (femur) or aMPTA (tibia)].