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  • Talus Fractures: Emergency Department
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/fractures/Talus_Fractures__Emergency_Department/
    to the risk of avascular necrosis or osteoarthritis.  This risk can be attenuated by appropriate early … with significant disability. - Osteoarthritis of the tibiotalar or subtalar joint - Nonunion - Malunion 13 …
  • Calcaneus Fractures - Emergency Department
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/fractures/Calcaneus_Fractures_-_Emergency_Department/
    ? Skin necrosis and fracture blisters. Long term osteoarthritis in intra-articular fractures. Delayed …
  • Slipped upper femoral epiphysis SUFE - Emergency Department
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/fractures/Slipped_upper_femoral_epiphysis_SUFE_-_Emergency_Department/
    of this is approximately 7%. Osteoarthritis - patients with a moderate or severe SUFE have higher risk of early …
  • Fractures of the Pelvic Ring and Acetabulum - Emergency Department
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/fractures/Fractures_of_the_Pelvic_Ring_and_Acetabulum_-_Emergency_Department/
    , leg-length discrepancy, osteoarthritis or acetabular dysplasia 13. References (ED setting) Silber J. & Flynn …
  • Acute knee injuries - emergency department
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/fractures/Acute_knee_injuries_-_emergency_department/
    : possibility of ongoing knee stability without treatment; possibility of osteoarthritis in the long term …