Proximal focal femoral deficiency (PFFD): Management options and controversies

HIP International

Volumn 19, Issue 1 SUPPL. 6, 2009, Pages

  Westberry, David E ^a   Davids, J R ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Limb lengthening; Proximal femoral focal deficiency; Rotationplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; HIP DYSPLASIA; HIP MALFORMATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; LEG LENGTHENING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS OSTEOTOMY; PROXIMAL FOCAL FEMORAL DEFICIENCY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; ACETABULUM; AMPUTATION; ARTHROPLASTY; CHILD; FEMUR; HIP; INFANT; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG MALFORMATION; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ACETABULUM; AMPUTATION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE LENGTHENING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMUR; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LOWER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; OSTEOTOMY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 67649220681     PISSN: 11207000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112070000901906s05     Document Type: Article

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