Bilateral growth plate fractures of the distal femur

Bilateral growth plate fractures of the distal femur

Growth plate fractures represent about 18-30% of the total amount of fractures in a pediatric age. From these, about 2% to 7% happens in the distal growth plate of the femur, with Salter-Harris type II fractures, observed in about half of the cases. A single case report of a 12-year-old girl with bi...

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Main Authors: Sergio Artur Lopes Figueiredo, Luis Miguel Leonardo Machado, António Manuel Azevedo Magalhaes, Antonio Eugenio Suarez Sa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation
Subjects:
distal femur
physis
trauma
Online Access:http://www.jotr.in/article.asp?issn=0975-7341;year=2014;volume=7;issue=2;spage=187;epage=189;aulast=Figueiredo

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