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Ron Short, a roofing contractor who was born without collarbones because of cleidocranial dysostosis and thus could collapse his shoulders to work in cramped corners, arrived at the site and offered to go down the shaft. The rescuers did not end up using him, [24] [25] though McClure was successfully recovered from the well.
This is a shortened version of the fifteenth chapter of the ICD-9: Certain Conditions originating in the Perinatal Period. It covers ICD codes 760 to 779. The full chapter can be found on pages 439 to 453 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9. Volume 2 is an alphabetical index of Volume 1.
About 7.5% of hip replacements are done to treat problems which have arisen from hip dysplasia. [3] About 1 in 1,000 babies have hip dysplasia. [3] Hip instability of meaningful importance occurs in one to two percent of babies born at term. [3] Females are affected more often than males. [1]
Often, every joint in a patient with arthrogryposis is affected; in 84% all limbs are involved, in 11% only the legs, and in 4% only the arms are involved. [4] Every joint in the body, when affected, displays typical signs and symptoms: for example, the shoulder (internal rotation); wrist (volar and ulnar); hand (fingers in fixed flexion and thumb in palm); hip (flexed, abducted and externally ...
This is a shortened version of the fourteenth chapter of the ICD-9: Congenital Anomalies. It covers ICD codes 740 to 759. The full chapter can be found on pages 417 to 437 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9. Volume 2 is an alphabetical index of Volume 1.
The British Pediatric Association Classification of Diseases is a system of diagnostic codes used for pediatrics. An extension to ICD-9 was published in 1979. [1] [2] An extension to ICD-10 has also been published. [3] It is the basis for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's six digit codes for reportable congenital conditions. [4]
There are typically four classes (or types) of PFFD, ranging from class A to class D, as detailed by Aitken. [4] [5]Type A — The femur bone is slightly shorter on the proximal end (near the hip), and the femoral head (the ball of the thigh bone that goes into the hip socket) may not be solid enough to be seen on X-rays at birth, but later hardens (ossifies).
Campomelic dysplasia (CMD) is a genetic disorder characterized by bowing of the long bones and many other skeletal and extraskeletal features. [1] It can be lethal in the neonatal period due to respiratory insufficiency, but the severity of the disease is variable, and a significant proportion of patients survive into adulthood.