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Medial Approach to the Hip Wheeless
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- optimal age for the medial approach:
- is of more value in the child younger than 18 months but older than 7 months;
- when this procedure is used in infants younger than 7 months, there may be a higher risk of AVN, but some authors feel that the risk of AVN is increased in children older than 10 months of age;
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: C.R.Wheeless
Institution: Duke
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Approaches
- - Orthopedic Topics: Regional Orthopaedics: Hip
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Added: Mon Feb 04 2002
Last Modified: Tue Mar 11 2008