Physeal Injury Other Than Fracture

Download or read book Physeal Injury Other Than Fracture written by Hamlet A. Peterson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents all the ways a growth plate can be damaged, other than fracture. This damage can be inflicted by a wide variety of insults, most of which are uncommon occurrences. They all, however, have two similar characteristics: normal roentgenographs at the time of insult and premature complete or partial arrest noted weeks, months, or years later. Because of this delay, the arrest is often not suspected or recognised early. The resulting bone deformity and relative shortening usually go undetected until corrective surgery is needed. This book emphasises etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of these injuries.