Twenty three patients with epiphyseal injuries of the ankle joint were treated in our hospital from 1982 to 1988. Eighteen patients were reviewed after an average follow-up of 2 years and 1 month.
According to Dias's classification, fracture types included PEER-8, SER-5, SI-3, Triplane fracture-1 and other physeal injury-1.
Salter-Harris Type I or II included 16, III or IV included 2 in the tibial epiphseal injuries of the ankle joint.
Good clinical results were obtained in all cases but radiographically, a varus deformity of 18 degrees was observed in 1 case of the PEER type.
In conclusion, close clinical observation is important even in Salter-Harris Type I or II.
Dias's classification is of value to diagnosis and therapy.
