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Coxa Vara

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Description: - decreased neck shaft angle from defect in ossification of femoral neck;
- it is bilateral in 1/3 to 1/2 of cases;
- it can be congenital (noted at birth & differenitated from CDH by MRI), developmental (AD-progressive), or acquired (trauma, LCP, SCFE)
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: C.R.Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Language: English

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Added: Mon Feb 04 2002
Last Modified: Fri Mar 21 2008