Prognosis of distal tibial epiphyseal injuries: a retrospective study

ABSTRACT

The aim of this work was to study various factors affecting the prognosis of distal tibial epiphyseal injury. The study included 90 cases that were subjected to this type of injury examined by history, clinical examination and radiological examination to detect the leg length discrepancy, angular deformity and other complications. The results of this work showed poor results with open injuries, good results with SH type I, equivocal results with type II, while type III and IV have poor results, especially if the gap was more than 2 mm. From this work, it was concluded that open injuries as well as SH type VI had poor prognosis, SH type III and IV if displaced less than 2 mm had a good prognosis, type II had unsatisfactory prognosis, while type I had the best prognosis