[Morphometric measurements in the area of the epiphyseal groove of the parietal vertebra in experimentally-induced scoliosis in rabbits].

In 3 rabbits we provoked a short-curved dorsolumbal scoliosis by costo-lumbal cerclage. In order to quantify with morphometric methods the morphologically by various authors described effect of pressure parallel to the axis of epiphyseal growth under Hueter-Volkmann's law, we measured the height and area of different parts of the epiphyseal plate in frontal semi-thin sections (Alcian-blue) by means of a pictoral analysis system based on a mini-computer. On the concave side, the side of increased pressure, we found a relative atrophy of the epiphyseal plate of 40% and a diminished area of 49%.