A LIFE TRANSFORMED A YOUNG WOMAN GAINED CONFIDENCE AND ENERGY AFTER AN ANTERIOR HIP REPLACEMENT.
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hen Arabella Dudzinski of Matawan was 12, she fell while playing “manhunt” with her next-door neighbor. When her parents took her to Monmouth Medical Center (MMC), they discovered that the growth plate in her left hip was shattered. Growth plates, which are found at the end of the long BERT PARCELLS, MD bones in children,
are easily injured because they’re weaker than the surrounding ligaments, tendons and bone. This growth plate injury in the hip was diagnosed as a slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). The disorder can occur after a fall or develop gradually over time. When a SCFE occurs in a child, there’s a good chance that the blood supply to the hip is damaged. The body is unable to deliver important nutrients and growth factors to the hip, preventing it from healing. Philip Therrien, MD, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon who now works at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, placed two pins in Arabella’s hip
Fall 2020
9/24/20 3:40 PM
