Imaging of Pediatric Growth Plate Disturbances

Orthopedic pitfalls in the ED: pediatric growth plate injuries.

Musculoskeletal injuries are frequently the reason children and adolescents seek care in the emergency department. In the skeletally immature patient, injury to the open growth plate can occur. When missed or mismanaged, these injuries can result in growth plate arrest. The emergency physician needs to remain vigilant for these injuries. This review article examines the clinical presentation, d...

Growth disturbances-risk of intrauterine growth restriction.

US pregnant uterus 9 Assessment of fetal measurement, growth, amniotic fluid, fetal anatomic survey, and activity patterns is appropriate. O US pregnant uterus biophysical profile 4 Assessment of biophysical profile is of indeterminate appropriateness. Biophysical profile components: 1) fetal heart-rate reactivity; 2) fetal breathing movements; 3) fetal movement; 4) fetal tone; and 5) amniotic ...

pediatric musculoskeletal imaging guidelines, pediatric musculoskeletal imaging age considerations

Growth Plate and Cellular Growth

The growth plate is a highly organized cartilage structure with a complex cellular biology. Studies have been limited by the relative lack of relevant experimental models. Thanks to new technologies, e.g. targeted deletions of genes, knowledge is rapidly expanding. The first paper selected representing the mechanism of the year describes how estradiol can rescue skeletal growth during GH resist...

Evaluation of 83 Cases of Trumatic Lesions of Growth Plate

Physis or "Growth plate" is responsible for Longitudinal and latitudinal growth of bones, during growth period of life. Trumatic lesions of the physis may have disturbancing effect on the growing bone. These lesions can result complete or partial growth arrest and shortten-ing or angular deformity of the bone.Trumatic lesion of the Physis is very common in male than female, and they are 15 to 2...