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TWO CASES OF OBSTETRICAL SEPARATION (EPIPHYSIOLYSIS) OF THE UPPER FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS

J. P. Michail 1; S. Theodorou 1; K. Houliaras 1; ; and N. Siatis 1

1 The Children's Hospital Orthopaedic Clinic, the Centre of the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Crippled Children, Athens

1. Two new cases of obstetrical separation of the upper femoral epiphysis are described.

2. Diagnosis in the first instance must be largely clinical, because radiological confirmation of the injury may be delayed.

3. The simple method of longitudinal traction is the treatment recommended.

4. It is notable that in our first case the ossification centre of the femoral head appeared at the exceptionally early age of fifteen days.
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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General