Skeletal age determination in young children: analysis of three regions of the hand/wrist film
| Autor: | Clyde T. Carpenter, Edward L. Lester |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Radiography Wrist Predictive Value of Tests Age Determination by Skeleton medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Child Carpal Bones Orthodontics business.industry Ulna Infant Bone age General Medicine Anatomy Phalanx Hand Skeleton (computer programming) Leg Length Inequality body regions Carpal bones medicine.anatomical_structure Predictive value of tests Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of pediatric orthopedics. 13(1) |
| ISSN: | 0271-6798 |
| Popis: | The determination of skeletal age in young children is useful in predicting eventual leg length discrepancies, but underreading of skeletal age may result in predicting the ultimate leg length to be much longer than it actually will be, with a correspondingly larger discrepancy as well. We evaluated 100 hand/wrist radiographs of 45 children aged between 14 months and 9.8 years. Separate readings were taken of the distal radius and ulna, the carpal bones, and the metacarpals and phalanges. The discrepancy between bone ages and chronologic age was significantly different between regions of the hand and between sexes. When determining bone age in children under age 10 years, care should be taken to consider the entire hand, perhaps with less emphasis on the carpal bones. |
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