BACKGROUND It has already been shown in animals and using anatomical human specimens that chronic slippage of the adolescent upper (capital) femoral epiphysis is unlikely to take place by shearing due to the presence of an epiphyseal tubercle projecting down into the metaphysis. MATERIAL, RESULTS, AND INTERPRETATION Plain radiographs of 20 adolescents and CT scans of 9 of them were analyzed f...

We reviewed 24 displaced fractures through the physis of the medial epicondyle of the distal humerus. One was a Salter-Harris type-II fracture-separation of the whole distal humeral epiphysis; the others involved only the medial epicondylar centre of ossification. Two cases had presented as pseudarthroses. One fracture had been treated closed in a plaster slab and 21 had had open reduction and ...

Rat pituitary, hypothalamic and cerebral cortical minces are demonstrated to effect the conversion of testosterone (T) to 5~-androstan-17~-ol-3-one (DHT) and A 4androstene-3,17-dione (A4A). The pituitary effected the greatest conversion of T to both DHT and A4A. The hypothalamus converted more T to DHT than did the cerebral cortex; but the conversion of T to ~4A in these two tissues occured to ...

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is considered to be one of the most common disorders of the hip in children and adolescents. If left untreated, it may lead to progressive deformity, pain and decreased range of motion, and predisposes to early onset degenerative arthritis. Surgical treatment is advised, with in situ pinning across the physis being the gold standard for stable slips. Clo...

We report a rare injury of distal humeral epiphyseal separation in a newborn during a Caesarean section. The diagnosis was made using magnetic resonance imaging. Emergency Caesarean deliveries with considerable traction applied to extract the baby can be the risk factor of such an injury.

in this study the role of cell death in cartilage canal morphogenesis with morphometrical and histological methods was evaluated. the proximal tibial epiphysis of the chick embryos after fixation and decalcification at the 13 th and 18th days of incubation, with thick and semithin sections and h&e; ,tricromason and feulgen staining were studied. the rsulths were showed that cartilage canals wer...

Obesity is thought to be an aetiological factor for slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). We analysed changes in the incidence of SCFE in Scotland over the last two decades. During this period rates of childhood obesity have risen substantially and evidence for a relationship between these changes and the incidence of SCFE was sought. We found that the incidence of SCFE increased from 3.78 ...

Aim; Slipped capital femoral epiphysis(SCFE) is an adolescent disease characterized by the slippage of head epiphysis from neck. The aim this study evaluate factors affecting clinical outcome surgical treatment patients diagnosed with SCFE.Methods; Patients who were admitted to orthopedic outpatient clinic complaint gait disturbance and underwent surgery a diagnosis SCFE followed for minimum on...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was the estimation of foetal femoral bone development, based on anthropometric, densitometric and histometric examination. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was done on 68 foetuses (31 female and 37 male) of various foetal ages (16-31 weeks of gestation). The specimens, ranging 16-31 weeks of gestation, were divided into 3 groups for better statistical anal...