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The Paediatric Knee

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Imaging in Pediatric Skeletal Trauma

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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Abstract

Approximately 25% of fractures in children occur in the lower limb. The injury and fracture pattern vary with age and skeletal maturity. The peak incidence is bimodal, with high energy trauma (falls from height or motor vehicle accidents) peaking in preadolescents and sporting injuries peaking in adolescents

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  1. Birmingham Children Hospital, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK

    Edward Bache FRCS (Orth) (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon) & Keith Hayward FRCS (Orthopaedic Registrar)

  2. Orthopaedic Department, Royal Children’s Hospital, Lemington Road, Parkville, Vic., 3052, Australia

    Sean Symons FRCS (Orth) (Orthopaedic Fellow)

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  1. Department of Radiology, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK

    Karl J. Johnson MD, MRCP, FRCR (Consultant Paediatric Radiologist) (Consultant Paediatric Radiologist)

  2. Birmingham Children Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK

    Edward Bache FRCS (ortho) (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon) (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon)

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Bache, E., Symons, S., Hayward, K. (2008). The Paediatric Knee. In: Johnson, K.J., Bache, E. (eds) Imaging in Pediatric Skeletal Trauma. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68261-5_14

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