Plain Radiography of the Knee
Acknowledgement The authors thank Dr John W. Read for his contribution to this chapter in giving permission and rights to many of the images, which are taken from the book…
ORTHOPEDIC
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Knee: Conventional and Novel Techniques
MRI Basics Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a noninvasive means by which to achieve excellent visualisation of soft tissues with additional sensitivity to pathological bone marrow changes within the knee….
Comprehensive Clinical Examination
Introduction Before the incorporation of advanced imaging modalities into routine clinical practice, clinicians were dependent on a detailed clinical history and examination for formulation of a treatment plan. Many examination…
Surgical Treatment for Symptomatic Osgood-Schlatter Disease
Surgical Treatment for Symptomatic Osgood-Schlatter Disease Alec A. Macaulay Benton E. Heyworth INTRODUCTION In 1903, Robert Osgood and Carl Schlatter independently published reports describing the clinical entity that now bears…
Applications of Implant-Mediated Guided Growth in Pediatric Knee Surgery
Applications of Implant-Mediated Guided Growth in Pediatric Knee Surgery Jonathan D. Haskel Yong-Woon Shin Daniel W. Green PRINCIPLES Lower extremity angular alignment changes predictably under physiologic conditions during early human…
Surgical Treatment of Growth Arrest
Surgical Treatment of Growth Arrest Lauren E. LaMont Emily R. Dodwell OVERVIEW Growth arrest typically occurs due to some traumatic insult to the physis. Multiple etiologies may cause this insult…
Assessment of Growth Remaining in the Skeletally Immature Patient
Assessment of Growth Remaining in the Skeletally Immature Patient James F. Mooney III INTRODUCTION Assessment of growth remaining in the long bones of children and adolescents is of great importance…
Diagnostic Imaging of the Physis
Diagnostic Imaging of the Physis Shari T. Jawetz Parina H. Shah Hollis G. Potter Physeal injuries are common in the pediatric population and injury can impart significant morbidity, with the…
Growth Plate Anatomy
Growth Plate Anatomy Hannah-Noemi Ladenhauf Gerd Seitlinger THE DEVELOPMENT OF BONE During fetal development, three distinct ways of differentiation of the skeleton have been described. Somites, bilaterally paired blocks of…
Patellar Sleeve Fractures
Patellar Sleeve Fractures Sarah Hobart Benton E. Heyworth INTRODUCTION Patella fractures are relatively rare in the skeletally immature, comprising only 1% to 6% of all patella fractures in all ages.1,2…
