Obesity in pediatric orthopaedics

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-105

  Gettys, F Keith ^a   Jackson, J Benjamin ^a   Frick, Steven L ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Pediatric; Slipped capital femoral epiphysis; Tibia vara

Indexed keywords

BLOUNT DISEASE; BODY MASS; BONE GROWTH; CHILD; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OBESITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBESITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649340196     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2010.08.005     Document Type: Review

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