2018
A quantitative method for the radiological assessment of skeletal maturity using the distal femur.
Knapik D, Sanders J, Gilmore A, Weber D, Cooperman D, Liu R. A quantitative method for the radiological assessment of skeletal maturity using the distal femur. The Bone & Joint Journal 2018, 100-B: 1106-1111. PMID: 30062944, PMCID: PMC6152884, DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.100b8.bjj-2017-1489.r1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPyle bone ageDistal femoral physisBone ageFinal heightFemoral physisDistal femurSkeletal maturityChronological ageBone Joint JMean ageHealthy childrenRadiological assessmentSerial radiographsLinear regression analysisCentral peak valuePhysisAgeRegression analysisThree yearsRadiographsFemurGreulichGenderChildren
2017
Analysis of Serial Radiographs of the Foot to Determine Normative Values for the Growth of the First Metatarsal to Guide Hemiepiphysiodesis for Immature Hallux Valgus
Greene JD, Nicholson AD, Sanders JO, Cooperman DR, Liu RW. Analysis of Serial Radiographs of the Foot to Determine Normative Values for the Growth of the First Metatarsal to Guide Hemiepiphysiodesis for Immature Hallux Valgus. Journal Of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2017, 37: 338-343. PMID: 26509315, DOI: 10.1097/bpo.0000000000000650.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHallux valgus deformityYears of ageTiming of interventionFirst metatarsalValgus deformityOlder groupAnteroposterior foot radiographsClinical correlation studiesFirst metatarsal lengthLateral hemiepiphysiodesisImmature patientsSurgical correctionSerial imagingGradual correctionFoot radiographsHallux valgusIntermetatarsal angleSerial radiographsClosed physisMetatarsal growthPatientsHemiepiphysiodesisEntire footLogarithmic regression curveYounger group