Childhood obesity and low-velocity knee dislocation in a fifteen-year-old girl: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2216-2219

  Hamblin, Tracy ^a   Curtis, Stuart H ^a   D'Astous, Jacques ^b   Aoki, Stephen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Shriner's Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LEG SWELLING; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THROMBECTOMY; VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; FALLING; ISCHEMIA; LEG; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; KNEE DISLOCATION; LEG; OBESITY; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 77956991337     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00115     Document Type: Article

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