Fig. 15.

Postoperative x-ray in a patient with posttraumatic limited closure of the central radial part of the growth plate of the left radius in a 15-year-old boy after previous forearm fracture and osteosynthesis using Rush rods. An extraarticular monolateral fixator is applyed with pins in the radius epiphysis distal to the growth plate and into the radius shaft. The clinical pictures on the right do show the position of the fixator after the hemichondrodiatasis procedure. Distraction was performed using the inbuilt distractor in the proximal part of the fixator and by leaving the central distal screw open the fixator clamp distally has rotated by a swiveling mechanism