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Little League elbow, technically termed medial epicondyle apophysitis, is a condition that is caused by repetitive overhand throwing motions in children. "Little Leaguer's elbow" was coined by Brogdon and Crow in an eponymous 1960 article in the American Journal of Radiology. [1] The name of the condition is derived from the game of baseball.
The epiphyseal plate, epiphysial plate, physis, or growth plate is a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone.It is the part of a long bone where new bone growth takes place; that is, the whole bone is alive, with maintenance remodeling throughout its existing bone tissue, but the growth plate is the place where the long bone grows longer (adds length).
It contains the growth plate, the part of the bone that grows during childhood, and as it grows it ossifies near the diaphysis and the epiphyses. The metaphysis contains a diverse population of cells including mesenchymal stem cells , which give rise to bone and fat cells, as well as hematopoietic stem cells which give rise to a variety of ...
The death of the tissues eventually leads to deterioration of the bone's growth plate. The bone's growth plate is defined as the area at the end of a developing bone where cartilage cells change into bone cells. [6] The bone tissue does regrow, but the necrosis can cause temporary problems in the affected area until the strenuous arm and elbow ...
Epiphysiodesis is a pediatric orthopedic surgery procedure that aims at altering or stopping the bone growth naturally occurring through the growth plate also known as the physeal plate. There are two types of epiphysiodesis: temporary hemiepiphysiodesis and permanent epiphysiodesis.
It is common in children to have a pseudo-epiphysis of the first metatarsal. [10] A pseudo-epiphysis is an epiphysis-looking end of a bone where an epiphysis is not normally located. [11] A pseudo-epiphysis is delineated by a transverse notch, looking similar to a growth plate. [11]
A Salter–Harris fracture is a fracture that involves the epiphyseal plate (growth plate) of a bone, specifically the zone of provisional calcification. [2] It is thus a form of child bone fracture. It is a common injury found in children, occurring in 15% of childhood long bone fractures. [3]
Fractures in children generally heal relatively fast, but may take several weeks to heal. [17] Most growth plate fractures heal without any lasting effects. [17] Rarely, bridging bone may form across growth plates, causing stunted growth and/or curving. [17] In such cases, the bridging bone may need to be surgically removed. [17]