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Year |
2007 |
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Question Number |
255 |
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Category |
Pediatric Orthopaedics |
Question
Which of the following best describes the yearly growth rate of the distal femoral growth plate in a skeletally immature 10-year-old boy?
1- 2 mm
2- 4 mm
3- 6 mm
4- 8 mm
5- 10 mm
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Answer is 5- 10 mm
Useful growth numbers: Distal femur – 10mm/yr; proximal tibia – 6mm/yr; boys stop growing at 16; girls stop growing at 14. But Okey is still growing.
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