Editor's spotlight/take 5: Growth plate alteration precedes cam-type deformity in elite basketball players (DOI 10.1007/s11999-012-2740-6)

摘要

There are some topics in ortho- paedic surgery that are almost unbelievably complicated. Hip impingement is one. How high-intensity sport affects the developing body is another. The open-minded surgeon will concede that on these two topics we have many more good questions than we have answers.In light of that, we highlight the work by Dr. Klaus-Arno Siebenrock and colleagues, which "makes a strong move into the paint," by studying two hard problems at once.