Orthopedic aspects of bone dysplasias.
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.
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