title: Orthopedic aspects of bone dysplasias.
abstract: Although the number of bone dysplasias and their variable forms of expression seem to be increasing almost daily, in almost all instances orthopedic disease is detected at rather specific locations--the cervical spine, the thoracic and lumbar spine, and the knee and hips--and the orthopedic deformity is surprisingly constant.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000601:surgery*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000601:surgery*; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery