Distal femoral physeal crush injury with metaphyseal comminution – A report of two cases and a new perspective to physeal injury
The physis of a long bone may get ‘sandwiched’ and crushed between the metaphysis and the epiphysis if it is traumatically loaded along its long axis. Such a physeal injury may lead to complications like angular deformities and growth restrictions and hence, management of such injuries requires adeq...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Chinese Journal of Traumatology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1008127516303509 |