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Oxygen* ; Oxygenators*

Thirteen cases of concomitant hip and shaft fractures of the same femur are reported. The hip fractures was initially missed in one case. Osteosynthesis of both fractures was performed in twelve cases. One except was 12-year-old boy who was managed hip with two Knowles pins and shaft conservatively. Both fractures healed in all followed for average 5.3 months or more. Osteosynthesis of both fractures is recommended as soon as the patient is in a stable condition, preferably by early fixation with AO principle or IM nailing in selected cases.
Child ; Femur ; Hip Fractures ; Hip ; Humans ; Male

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Muscular Dystrophies*

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Humans* ; Joints*

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Aorta, Thoracic* ; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial* ; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* ; Pulmonary Artery*

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Granuloma* ; Subphrenic Abscess*

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Femoral Fractures*

Partial closure of an epiphyseal plate can reduce growth in length and cause angular deformationof the bone. The bone bridge between the epiphysis and the metaphysis, which inhibits growth, can be removed operatively, leaving a cavity, and improvement of the deformity by normal growth is then possible. Previous study have shown that silastic or bone cement diminished both the angular deformity and growth retardation to a highly significant degree. In the present study we wanted to test whether indomethacin and iliac apophysis as an interposition material could prevent bone bridge recurrence following operative removal in adolescent rabbits. It was designed by the concept that cartilage(iliac apophysis) has a specific inhibitory effect on bone formation and indomethacin inhibits bone resorption and bone formation in both heterotopic and orthotopic bone in rabbits. The following experimental groups were designed. Group 1 (N = 7) control group; no interposition material Group 2 (N = 7) iliac apophysis as an interposition material Group 3 (N = 7) only bone wax as an interposition material Group 4 (N = 7) bone wax with administration of indomethacin 10mg/kg/day The results of the study are as follows: 1. In control group, an osseous bridge were revealed as early as 2 to 3 weeks, and this bridging was found consistently in all control groups for the duration of the study. 2. The gmup using iliac apophysis as interposition material was found ineffective for prevention of the formation of epiphyseometaphyseal bone bridge. It was probably resulted from difficulty of its taking from iliac bone. 3. The group using administration of indomethacin after application of bone wax reduced both the angular deformity and growth retardation to a highly significant degree. From the results, it is recommended administration of indomethacin after insertion of silastic or bone cement as an interposition meterial in the elimination of transphyseal closure after physeal damage.
Adolescent ; Bone Resorption ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Epiphyses ; Growth Plate ; Humans ; Indomethacin ; Osteogenesis ; Rabbits ; Recurrence

237 patients with Legg-Calve-Perthes disease were treated during past 12 years. Among them, a comparative study was done for 87 patients who were followed up over 2 years. They were analyzed according to Catteralls classification and divided into a group of conservative treatment and of surgical treatment. 74 patients were boys and 13 patients were girls and the ratio of boys to girls was 5.7 to 1. The mean age was about 6.9-year-old. Bilateral involvement was observed in 6 patients. According to Catterall classification. 1(1.1%) was classified as group I, 27(29.0%) as group II, and 36(38.7%) as group III, and 29(31.2%) as group IV. According to assessment by Harrison et al., satisfactory result was achieved in 63.2% of cases of conservative treatment and 34.3% of cases of operative treatment. The measurement of epiphyseal quotient and femoral head sphericity(by Mose) were considered meaningful methods for assessing the result of the treatment. The most frequent one of “Head-at-Risk” factors was lateral subluxation of femoral head. The result of treatment was not always coincided with the classification by Catterall. In bilateral involvement, the first affected hip had better prognosis than contralateral one.
Classification ; Female ; Head ; Hip ; Humans ; Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease ; Prognosis