Is surgery always indicated in rachitic coronal knee deformities? Our experience in 198 knees
Introduction: Defective mineralization of osteoid matrix prior to physeal closure causes rickets. Poor calcification of the cartilage matrix in the zone of provisional calcification causes flattened skull, rachitic rosary, bowed legs, coxa vara and brittle bones. The recent literature has seen an in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2309499017693532 |