title: The effects of trochanteric epiphyseodesis on growth of the proximal end of the femur following necrosis of the capital femoral epiphysis.
abstract: Avascular necrosis of the hip was evaluated in two groups of patients. On group had sustained the insult to the epiphysis in infancy and had a mean growth loss in the proximal end of the femur of 21.5 millimeters at a mean age of 11.7 years. The other group had sustained the insult in mid-childhood (due to Legg-Perthes disease) and had a mean growth loss of seven millimeters at 12.4 years. Based on this evaluation, we concluded that trochanteric epiphyseodesis was nary in the latter group.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001846:Bone Development; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000254:growth & development / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000254:growth & development*; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000150:complications; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007873:Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies