There are many and varied lesions afflicting children which effect the growth of long bones in the body. When this disturbance in growth involves one or all of the bones in the lower extremities, its results are particularly distressing. The difference in length of the lower extremities, even though otherwise normal, produces a limp and a pelvic obliquity with a compensatory scoliosis of the spine. We can dismiss the problem of a discrepancy in the upper limbs as there is no functional disability from a pure difference in length. A discrepancy in the weight-bearing lower limbs is, however, far more serious.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.109807 |
| Date | January 1954 |
| Creators | Percy, Edward. C. |
| Contributors | Webster, D. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Experimental Surgery) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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