Hospital Base de Valdivia, Valdivia, Chile
AO Foundation, PAEG Expert Group, Davos, Switzerland
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Introduction Distal femur fractures have a variable frequency of approximately 27% of all femur fractures ( 1 ), increasing due to a rise incidence of high-energy trauma. This acquires greater relevance when we understand that the main
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percutaneous fixation increased from 3% to 22% and open reduction decreased from 29% to 14% – Distal radius, supracondylar humerus and forearm shaft fractures had the greatest change in treatment pattern National Hospital Discharge Register data in
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AO Foundation, PAEG Expert Group, Davos, Switzerland
Hospital Base de Valdivia, Valdivia, Chile
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Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
Hospital Clínico Mutual de Seguridad, Santiago, Chile
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Introduction The proximal epiphysis of the tibia is the second largest epiphysis of the human body, followed by the epiphysis of the distal femur. In most newborns, the epiphyseal secondary ossification centre (SOC) develops in the first few
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St George’s University of London, UK
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St George’s University of London, UK
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St George’s University of London, UK
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potential risks associated with their use. This is somewhat foreseeable given their mechanism of action: sustained circumferential pressure to occlude arterial flow resulting in reduced perfusion distal to the site of application. Laboratory research and
National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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line between the midpoint of the distal and proximal diaphysis of the first metatarsal shaft. Since the central axis of the talus and the first metatarsal bone is difficult to draw accurately, the dorsal tangent line between the talus and the first
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St George’s, University of London, London, UK
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classification system describing the orientation of the fracture line (distal/oblique/parallel). The AO PCCF is a generic paediatric classification system based upon morphology. The Salter-Harris classification is a generic paediatric physeal classification