Physeal Injury Other Than Fracture [Hardcover]

This book documents all the ways a growth plate can be damaged, other than fracture. This damage can be inflicted by a wide variety of insults, most of which are uncommon occurrences. They all, however, have two similar characteristics: normal roentgenographs at the time of insult and premature complete or partial arrest noted weeks, months, or years later. Because of this delay, the arrest is often not suspected or recognised early. The resulting bone deformity and relative shortening usually go undetected until corrective surgery is needed. This book emphasises etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of these injuries.

Emphasizing etiology, diagnosis and treatment, this book assembles all the information on growth plate injuries into one readily accessible source. It has been collated with the aid of the unique resources of the American Mayo Clinic and its follow-up work.

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This is a very goodtext on the bony mechanisms behind growth plate diseases in the pediatric andadult skeletal systems. & I recommend this book for residents, fellows,orthophysicians, and rheumatologists. Lists, tables, graphs, radiographs, andMRI scans are employed to aid in the discussions presented. (Joseph J. Grenier,Amazon.com, December, 2015)

Hamlet A. Peterson is an emeritus orthopedic surgeon at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. His career consisted of 30 years as a consultant in pediatric orthopedics at Mayo Clinic. He has published numerous articles and book chapters, many of which are concerned with the growth plate. During his time in practice, he encountered numerous interesting growth plate problems and began collecting them. He retired in 1997; and in addition tló%