[Treatment of progressive axial deformities in children by surgical measures of the growth plate].

Report of the results of 4 surgically treated epiphyseal injuries with progressing deformities in the lower extremities (3 injuries type V, 1 epiphyseal fracture type IV according to Salter and Harris). Our Surgical procedure consisted in a resection of the posttraumatic transphyseal bony bridge with a following interposition of a silastic block to prevent again transphyseal blocking. The indications for such a surgical procedure is explained possibilities leading to failures are discussed.

[Fractures of the femoral neck in children (author's transl)].

Osteosynthesis is the preferred method of treatment in fractures of the neck of the femur in children. Operative technique requires attention to be paid to a few special features due to the problems caused by the neighbourhood of the joint of the femoral neck. Nine cases of fractures of the neck of the femur in children were treated by the authors during 1971 to 1978.