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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Epiphyseal Growth Plate Zones

Premium Questions

Dr. Saurabh Gupta MD

My son just had surgery to fix a broken tibia stretched growth plate and ankle dislocation. They put a plate to attach the the tibia and growth plate together. He has been home two days.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saurabh Gupta ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma MD

my just about 14 year old has torn his hamstring and that has caused pulling on the growth plate that sits on the bum bone. An xray shows inflammation around the growth plate.....hes in horrible... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma MD

I brought my almost 15 year old son to an endocrinologist today. He had a wrist X-ray to see growth plate. The doctor determined it as a age 16-17 bone age . He is 5'4 and 120 pounds. Can he expect ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Eric Goldstein MD

How much more do u think my son will grow he's 16 5'9 he hurt his arm had X-ray they said his growth plate still open which means room for growth doctor said how much more do u think he will grow? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Eric Goldstein ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Swarnava Dattagupta MD

My daughter broke the growth plate in her ankle 5 yrs ago. six months ago she start having some issue with it such as when it would rain or exteremly cold it would hurt. Over the course of the six ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Swarnava Dattagupta ( General & Family Physician)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr.  Ashish Verma MD

does frequent masterbution leads to premature closing of growth plates(epiphyseal bones) which will ... started masterbuting frequently and by 16 i had bone age which showed fusion of the epiphyseal... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashish Verma ( General Surgeon)
Dr.  SHEHLA USMAN MD

epiphyseal plate? How many epiphyseal plates will they have to remove.? Is it a painful recovery? As you can ...Growth can be stopped by a minor day care surgery procedure called... View answer

Answered by : Dr. SHEHLA USMAN ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Sanjay Kini MD

vertebral longitudinal growth is not under the epiphyseal plate mechanism. Is it true? Can I therefore increase my spinal height even if my long bones growth plates have closed? Thank you ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sanjay Kini ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.    Muhammad Ahmad MD

rim rent tear, bone marrow edema, crescentic fracture line from lateral cortex of humerus medially to epiphyseal plate pseudocysts bone marrow edema acromial clavicular capsul hypertrophy, subacromial ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Muhammad Ahmad ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Shailja Puri Wahal MD

are noted. A vertical line is seen extending downwards. It crosses the epiphyseal plate and enters ... with a lucent line extending distally across the epiphyseal plate into epiphyseal... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shailja Puri Wahal ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)