1/23. carpal tunnel syndrome after epiphysiolysis of the distal radius in a 5-year-old child. Case report.carpal tunnel syndrome after fracture of the distal radius is a well known complication in adults, but in small children carpal tunnel syndrome is extremely rare. A case of carpal tunnel syndrome in a 5-year-old girl is presented. She had a distal epiphysiolysis of the radius, which was treated conservatively. Eight weeks after removal of the plaster of paris she had clinical signs of carpal tunnel syndrome after exercise but without new injuries. Conservative treatment with a dorsal splint was effective, and all her symptoms disappeared. So conservative treatment seems worth considering before operation in similar cases.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = fracture (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/23. Apophyseal fracture of the greater trochanter.Apophyseal fractures about the pelvis and proximal femur are well-described; however, these injuries rarely involve the greater trochanter. We report the case of a 15-year-old boy of large build who appeared to have all signs and symptoms of a left slipped capital femoral epiphysis. No specific inciting event had occurred before the hip pain. Radiographs and bone scan of the capital femoral epiphysis appeared normal, and follow-up radiographs confirmed an apophyseal fracture of the greater trochanter. This case represented a rare occurrence, and its interesting manifestation was similar to that of a slipped capital femoral epiphysis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 6keywords = fracture (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/23. Delayed separation of the capital femoral epiphysis after an ipsilateral transcervical fracture of the femoral neck.A displaced transcervical fracture of the femoral neck in a three-year-eight-month-old boy was fixed with two screws, which did not cross the growth plate. When he resumed walking five weeks after the injury, a delayed separation of the capital femoral epiphysis occurred. The displaced epiphysis was reduced and fixed with three unthreaded pins. In spite of disruption of the femoral neck at two sites, avascular necrosis of the femoral head did not occur. This was confirmed by two sequential isotope scans. Delayed epiphyseal separation after the femoral neck fracture and the preservation of the vascularity of the epiphysis in this case are both very unusual.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 6keywords = fracture (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/23. Salter-Harris type II fractures of the capital femoral epiphysis.Salter-Harris type II fractures of the capital femoral epiphysis have not been previously documented. The authors have treated three patients who sustained four such fractures. One child had a recurrent fracture two years after the first had healed satisfactorily. Two fractures were treated by spica cast immobilization, one fracture by closed reduction and internal fixation, and the other fracture healed without treatment. No patient developed avascular necrosis or other complications. Two of the children had an association with idiopathic slipped capital femoral epiphysis. An etiologic relationship with slipped capital femoral epiphysis, if any, is uncertain.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 10keywords = fracture (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/23. Distal radius epiphysiolysis associated with scaphoid fractures in immature patients: report of two cases and review of the literature.Two cases of carpal scaphoid fractures associated with distal radius epiphysiolysis are presented. Only three cases of this unlikely combination were found in the English literature. One of the scaphoid fractures had to be confirmed by bone scan. Conservative treatment after gentle reduction of the radius fracture gave excellent results.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 7keywords = fracture (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/23. coxa vara with proximal femoral growth arrest in patients who had neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.This is a retrospective review of four patients in whom a pattern of coxa vara with proximal femoral growth arrest and metaphyseal irregularities developed. These patients were all treated with neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and presented with a progressive gait disturbance and pain, leg-length discrepancy, and limited abduction. Imaging revealed coxa vara with proximal femoral growth arrest. Two patients (three hips) underwent proximal femoral valgus osteotomy, one patient underwent fixation of a femoral neck fracture with subsequent greater trochanter transfer, and one patient is being observed. This case series suggests an association between neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and this unusual pattern of coxa vara with proximal femoral growth arrest.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = fracture (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/23. Nonunion of femoral neck fracture and trochanteric osteotomy after a pinned, slipped capital femoral epiphysis: a case report.Femoral neck fracture as a complication of slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is rare. Even rarer is a femoral neck nonunion as an additional complication. This is the first case reported in the literature of a failed valgus osteotomy for a femoral neck nonunion. A salvage operation involving a step-cut valgus/flexion/internal rotation osteotomy, open reduction and internal fixation, with a blade plate and cannulated screw, placement of an allograft femoral strut, and allograft bone grafting was successfully performed. femoral neck fractures following SCFE fixation are more difficult to treat because of abnormal femoral neck configuration. Therefore a valgus, flexion, and internal rotation producing osteotomy may need to be initially performed to prevent a femoral neck nonunion.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 6keywords = fracture (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/23. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in dogs.In a retrospective review of 43 femoral fractures, three dogs had separation of the femoral capital epiphysis from the metaphysis in the absence of trauma. Two of these dogs also had evidence of pathology in the contralateral femoral neck including, in one dog, displacement of the capital epiphysis in relation to the metaphysis without actual separation. The case histories, radiographic features and histopathological findings of these cases were reviewed and compared with previous cases of slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) reported in dogs and also with SCFE in children. Pre-slip, acute, chronic and acute-on-chronic slips were Identified. Based on the cases reviewed, the authors advise internal fixation of stable slipped epiphyses in dogs. This may also be appropriate for unstable separations, although resorption of the femoral neck may preclude stable fixation and necessitate femoral head and neck excision.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = fracture (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/23. Apophyseal avulsion fracture of the greater trochanter after slipped capital femoral epiphysis: a case report.A 13-year-old boy sustained an avulsion fracture of the left greater trochanter eight months after surgical stabilisation of a slipped capital femoral epiphysis on the same side. In this specific case, avulsion of the greater trochanter after slipping of the capital femoral epiphysis may have been facilitated by weakening of the trochanteric physis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 5keywords = fracture (Clic here for more details about this article) |
10/23. Epiphysiolysis of the capitellum humeri.A four-year-old girl presents at the emergency department with left elbow pain after a fall. X-ray demonstrated an epiphysiolysis of the capitellum humeri, without a bony fragment, the so-called Salter Harris Type 1 fracture. The fracture was treated by open reduction and internal fixation. This case is unusual because avulsions of the capitellum are usually associated with a bony fracture.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 3keywords = fracture (Clic here for more details about this article) |
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