Effect of prophylactic trochanteric epiphyseodesis in older children with perthes' disease

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 889-895

  Shah, Hitesh ^a   Siddesh, Nandi D ^a   Joseph, Benjamin ^a   Nair, Sreekumaran N ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Epiphyseodesis; Greater trochanter; Perthes' disease; Physeal arrest

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIODESIS; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FEMUR SHAFT; GAIT DISORDER; GREATER TROCHANTER; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PERTHES DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMUR; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LEGG-PERTHES DISEASE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74249124105     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181c1e943     Document Type: Article

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