Evidence-Based Treatment for Musculoskeletal Infection

Apr 7, 2017 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Evidence-Based Treatment for Musculoskeletal Infection

Diagnosis Definition Example Tissue injury of unknown origin Diagnosis of exclusion Negative tissue and/or blood culture Joint effusion Transient synovitis of the hip Superficial abscess Superficial to deep fascia of…

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Evidence-Based Treatment for Pes Cavus

Apr 7, 2017 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Evidence-Based Treatment for Pes Cavus

Fig. 21.1 Pes cavus foot, cavovarus type In children, Pes Cavus is usually neuromuscular in aetiology, and half of this group has Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease [2]; other neurologic or spinal…

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Patello-Femoral Instability in Children

Apr 7, 2017 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Patello-Femoral Instability in Children

Fig. 12.1 Dejour classification of trochlear dysplasia. The Dejour classification: Grade A (54 %), Trochlear morphology is preserved but fairly shallow; Grade B (17 %), Flat or convex trochlea; Grade…

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What Is the Best Treatment for Perthes’ Disease?

Apr 7, 2017 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on What Is the Best Treatment for Perthes’ Disease?

Fig. 5.1 Algorithm to determine the Stulberg outcomes in Perthes’ disease (Adapted from [12]) More recently, hip shape has been defined using a quantitative measure of sphericity, termed the sphericity…

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