Correction of deformity after femoral birth fracture. 16-year follow-up.
At birth a girl sustained a displaced femoral fracture that healed with considerable shortening and angulation. The correction by growth of the deformity was followed radiographically during the entire 16-year growth period.
Hägglund
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Department of Orthopedics, Lund University Hospital, Sweden.
Hansson
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Wiberg
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D000293:Adolescent; D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development*; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture; D011859:Radiography