Physeal Injury Other Than Fracture

• Main Author: Peterson, Hamlet A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Orthopedics.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

This book documents all the ways a growth plate can be damaged, other than fracture. This damage can be inflicted by a wide variety of insults, most of which are uncommon occurrences. They all, however, have two similar characteristics: normal roentgenographs at the time of insult and premature comp...

Table of Contents:

• Vascular Deficiency
• Disuse
• Infection
• Tumor
• Metabolic
• Neural
• Cold (frostbite)
• Heat (burn)
• Electric
• Compression
• Distraction
• Stress
• Irradiation
• Light Waves
• Sound Waves
• Shock Waves
• Atmospheric Pressure
• Oxygen
• Developmental
• Surgical
• Unknown.