Pediatric Orthopaedics — Flashcards

In Blount's disease,  the _____ femoral condyle may sublux posteromedially (into the depressed medial tibial plateau) at 10-20 degrees of flexion. This is also called as Siffert-katz sign

Syndromes associated with SCFE include: _____ syndrome, Klinefelter's syndrome

Common presentations of unicameral bone cysts include _____ and may cause growth disturbances due to its proximity to the growth plate.

In Slipped-Capital Femoral Epiphysis, increased _____ force on the femoral head results in the femoral epiphysis displacing relative to femoral neck

_____ is characterised by partial deficiency of growth of distal radial physis

_____ nose vertebrae with posterior scalloping are seen in achondroplasia

A _____ fracture occurs when axial force is applied to immature bone, leading to a simple buckle fracture of the cortex.

In _____, the Kite's angle is less than 25 degrees

_____ disease is progressive pathologic genu varum centered at the tibia

The most progressive type of congenital scoliosis is a con_____, unilateral unsegmented bar with a convex hemivertebra

Hint: vex/cave