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| '''Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic''' | | '''Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Arthropathy]], [[Baker's cyst]], [[Blount's disease]], [[chondroblastoma]], [[Chondromalacia patellae|chondromalacia of the patella]], [[Club foot|congenital club foot]], [[Hip dysplasia (human) | congenital dysplasia of the hip]], [[Amelia (birth defect)|congenital limb aplasia]], [[Dysmelia|congenital limb hypoplasia]], [[Neurofibromatosis type I|congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia]], [[Rocker bottom foot|congenital vertical talus]], [[coxa vara]], [[dermatomyositis]], [[discitis]], [[distraction]], [[Muscle atrophy|disuse muscle atrophy]], [[dystonia]], [[enchondroma]], [[Cystic medial necrosis|Erdheim cystic medial necrosis]], [[fallen arches]], [[Hemimelia | fibular hemimelia]], [[gait abnormality]], [[genu recurvatum]], [[greenstick fracture]], [[Bone healing|healed fractures]], [[hemihypertrophy]], [[Spinal disc herniation|herniated vertebral disc]], [[Subluxation|hip subluxation]], [[Contracture|hip contractures]], [[hypermobility syndrome]], [[Bone fracture|hypervascularity after fracture]], [[juvenile arthritis]], [[juvenile osteoporosis]], [[juvenile rheumatoid arthritis]], [[Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome]], [[Kohler disease]], [[Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome]], [[Scoliosis | | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Arthropathy]], [[Baker's cyst]], [[Blount's disease]], [[chondroblastoma]], [[Chondromalacia patellae|chondromalacia of the patella]], [[Club foot|congenital club foot]], [[Hip dysplasia (human) | congenital dysplasia of the hip]], [[Amelia (birth defect)|congenital limb aplasia]], [[Dysmelia|congenital limb hypoplasia]], [[Neurofibromatosis type I|congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia]], [[Rocker bottom foot|congenital vertical talus]], [[coxa vara]], [[dermatomyositis]], [[discitis]], [[distraction]], [[Muscle atrophy|disuse muscle atrophy]], [[dystonia]], [[enchondroma]], [[Cystic medial necrosis|Erdheim cystic medial necrosis]], [[fallen arches]], [[Hemimelia | fibular hemimelia]], [[gait abnormality]], [[genu recurvatum]], [[greenstick fracture]], [[Bone healing|healed fractures]], [[hemihypertrophy]], [[Spinal disc herniation|herniated vertebral disc]], [[Subluxation|hip subluxation]], [[Contracture|hip contractures]], [[hypermobility syndrome]], [[Bone fracture|hypervascularity after fracture]], [[juvenile arthritis]], [[juvenile osteoporosis]], [[juvenile rheumatoid arthritis]], [[Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome]], [[Kohler disease]], [[Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome]], [[Scoliosis | lumbar scoliosis]], [[Neuroblastoma|metastatic neuroblastoma]], [[multiple hereditary exostoses]], [[muscular dystrophy]], [[Ollier's disease]], [[ORIF|open reduction and internal fixation of fractures]], [[Osgood-Schlatter disease]], [[osteoblastoma]], [[osteochondritis dissecans]], [[osteogenesis imperfecta]], [[Osteoma|osteoid osteoma]], [[osteosclerosis]], [[osteostimulation]], [[Repetitive strain injury|overuse syndrome]], [[Chondromalacia patellae|patellofemoral pain syndrome]], [[Bone fracture|plastic deformation in pediatric fractures]], [[Paralysis|prolonged immobilization]], [[proteus syndrome]], [[proximal femoral focal deficiency]], [[rheumatic disease]], [[sciatica]], [[Sever's disease]], [[Osgood-Schlatter disease|Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease]], [[skeletal dysplasia]], [[SLE]], [[slipped capital femoral epiphysis]], [[Spina bifida|spinal dysraphism]], [[spondylolisthesis]], [[Tarsal coalition|tarsal synostosis]], [[tendonitis]], [[tenosynovitis ]], [[Upington disease]] | ||
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| '''Trauma''' | | '''Trauma''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Ankle sprain ]], [[arthralgia]], [[Avascular necrosis | avascular necrosis of the hip]], [[Avulsion fracture|avulsion injury]], [[child abuse]], [[complex regional pain syndrome]], [[contusion]], [[coxa vara]], [[discitis]], [[femur]] [[fracture]], [[Pelvis|fixed pelvic obliquity]], [[Foreign body| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Ankle sprain ]], [[arthralgia]], [[Avascular necrosis | avascular necrosis of the hip]], [[Avulsion fracture|avulsion injury]], [[child abuse]], [[complex regional pain syndrome]], [[contusion]], [[coxa vara]], [[discitis]], [[femur]] [[fracture]], [[Pelvis|fixed pelvic obliquity]], [[Foreign body|foot foreign body]], [[Bone fracture|foot fractures]], [[Freiberg's disease]], [[greenstick fracture]], [[Hematoma|hematoma of thigh]], [[Bone fracture|healed fractures]], [[hemarthrosis]], [[Spinal disc herniation|herniated vertebral disc]], [[hip dislocation]], [[Subluxation|hip subluxation]], [[Bone fracture|hypervascularity after fracture]], [[testicular torsion]], [[knee sprain]], [[limb ischemia]], [[Bone fracture|malunion]], [[muscle strain]], [[femur fracture]], [[Fracture nonunion|nonunion]], [[Transient synovitis|observation hip syndrome]], [[ORIF|open reduction and internal fixation of fractures]], [[patellar dislocation]], [[Chondromalacia patellae|patellofemoral pain syndrome]], [[periostitis]], [[Achilles tendon|ruptured achilles tendon]], [[sacroiliitis]], [[Salter-Harris fracture]], [[sciatica]], [[spondylolisthesis]], [[stress fracture]], [[tendonitis]], [[tenosynovitis]], [[Bone fracture classification|tibial fracture]], [[toddler fracture]] | ||
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*[[Hemimelia | Fibular hemimelia]] | *[[Hemimelia | Fibular hemimelia]] | ||
*[[Pelvis| | *[[Pelvis|Fixed pelvic obliquity]] | ||
*[[Foreign body|Foot foreign body]] | *[[Foreign body|Foot foreign body]] | ||
*[[Bone fracture|Foot fractures]] | *[[Bone fracture|Foot fractures]] |
Revision as of 15:07, 22 July 2013
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Vendhan Ramanujam M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
- Appendicitis
- Avascular necrosis of the hip
- Claudication of limb
- Herniated vertebral disc
- Hip dislocation
- Leriche syndrome
- Limb ischemia
- Meningitis
- Osteomyelitis
- Patellar dislocation
- Pelvic abscess
- Psoas abscess
- Septic arthritis
- Testicular torsion
Common Causes
- Avascular necrosis of the hip
- Cerebral palsy
- Congenital dysplasia of the hip
- Discitis
- Femur fracture
- Hip contractures
- Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome
- Lumbar scoliosis
- Malignant bone tumors
- Osteochondritis dissecans
- Osteomyelitis
- Salter-Harris fracture
- Septic arthritis
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
- Transient synovitis of the hip