Surgical treatment of overgrowth of the greater trochanter in children and adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 486-490

  Schneidmueller, Dorien ^a   Carstens, Claus ^b   Thomsen, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femoral neck lengthening; Trochanteric epiphysiodesis; Trochanteric overgrowth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIPHYSIODESIS; EPIPHYSIOLYSIS; FEMUR EPIPHYSIOLYSIS; FEMUR NECK; HIP DISEASE; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP DYSPLASIA; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; PERTHES DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

ADOLESCENT; BONE DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748649861     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000226281.01202.94     Document Type: Article

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