Month: May 2017
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Blount’s Disease
In blount’s disease, the knee is stable in full extension, but the medial femoral condyle may sublux posteromedially (into the depressed medial tibial plateau) at 10-20 degrees of flexion. This is called Siffert-katz sign. Blount’s disease is Infantile tibia vara
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Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis – Misnomer !
As we all know that there is a pediatric condition called SCFE which is seen in adoloscent boys. In reality , the capital epiphysis doesn’t slip but it stays seated inside the acetabulum with physeal disruption , the neck rotates anteriorly and gets externally rotated. Technically the Capital Femoral Epiphysis becomes posterior.
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Drennan’s Sign
#Update #Orthopaedics #MedEd Drennan’s Sign — Obligatory Excess External Rotation during passive hip flexion with limited Internal Rotation is classical of SCFE.