PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | dwarfism |
| Phenotype | C0001080|achondroplasia |
| Sentences | 5 |
| PubMedID- 24765361 | achondroplasia, the commonest form of short limb dwarfism, is associated with several bony changes in the face, neck and spine, and can have neurological and cardiopulmonary complications. |
| PubMedID- 21034450 | The second issue is that dwarfs with achondroplasia can safely undergo heart surgery with analogical adjustments made accordingly to the patient's body mass index and weight. |
| PubMedID- 22638916 | achondroplasia is a form of disproportional dwarfism that not only results in shortened limbs, but also harbours specific distorted morphometrics of the skull and spine. |
| PubMedID- 26446651 | The ability of the ilizarov technique to lengthen both lower limbs in patients with achondroplasia and other causes of short stature has been confirmed in several studies;8910 however, our reason for using the monolateral fixator for the femur instead of the ilizarov ring fixator was that the former provides greater comfort for patients without compromising stability.2 lastly, we did not consider the preoperative and postoperative qol assessment or correlate the findings with the complications that developed during lengthening. |
| PubMedID- 25453127 | Background: achondroplasia, showing short stature and disproportionately short limbs, causes physical inconvenience such as difficulty in reaching high objects. |
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