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Distal Femoral Physeal Fractures Wheeless
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Description: - account for approx 5% of all physeal fractures;
- displacement in sagittal plane is assoc with Neuro/Vascular injury in popliteal fossa and instability on closed reduction;
- common mechanism is hyperextension causing anterior displacement of epiphysis;
- displacement in coronal plane is not assoc with other injuries, & joint may be stable after closed reduction.
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: C.R.Wheeless
Institution: Duke
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Femur Fractures: Femoral Shaft Fractures: Femoral Shaft Fractures in Children
- - OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Femur Fractures: Supracondylar Fractures: Distal Femoral Epiphyseal Fractures
- - Orthopedic Topics: Trauma: Femur
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Added: Mon Feb 04 2002
Last Modified: Mon Jan 21 2008