Air Physiogram: Technique for Visualization of the Resected Physis in Percutaneous Epiphysiodesis

• Published in: Orthopedics (Thorofare, N.J.) Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 170 - 174
• Main Authors: Azzolino, Alessandra M, Herzenberg, John E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States SLACK INCORPORATED 01.03.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Air; Arrests; Arthrodesis - methods; Child; Epiphyses - diagnostic imaging; Epiphyses - surgery; Female; Femur - diagnostic imaging; Femur - surgery; Follow-Up Studies; Growth Plate - surgery; Humans; Intraoperative Care - methods; Leg - surgery; Leg Length Inequality - diagnostic imaging; Leg Length Inequality - surgery; Male; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - methods; Patients; Radiography, Interventional - methods; Retrospective Studies; Surgeons; Tibia - diagnostic imaging; Tibia - surgery; United States > US; Baltimore Maryland

Obtaining an air physiogram improves visualization of the resected physis and allows the surgeon to assess whether a sufficient amount of growth plate has been removed during percutaneous drilling epiphysiodesis. From 2008 through 2011, the air physiogram technique was used in 37 percutaneous epiphy...