Pediatrics News

Results showed a postoperative pain management protocol with liposomal bupivacaine decreased opioids and length of stay and improved ambulation in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis who underwent posterior spinal fusion.

A potential new treatment for early onset scoliosis, the Spring Distraction System by Cresco Spine, has received a breakthrough device designation from the FDA, according to a company press release.

NEW ORLEANS — Pediatric patients who underwent arthroscopic meniscus repair had a complication rate around 11% at 8-month follow-up, with the highest complication rate found among those with isolated meniscus repairs.

Healio celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month with a focus on physician burnout, an emerging public health crisis among orthopedic physicians and providers.

Universal prevention through the use of an age-adjusted digital health platform reduced the incidence of injuries among youth athletes during an outdoor track and field season, according to published results.

Urinary markers indicated that infants who were fed soy-based formulas had better bone metabolism at 6 months than those fed breast milk or dairy-based infant formula, according to research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

NuVasive Inc. has announced FDA 510(k) clearance of its Precice all-internal limb lengthening solution to include pediatric patients, according to a press release.

LAS VEGAS — Although pediatric patients undergoing endoprosthetic reconstruction for primary bone tumors had better functional outcomes than adults throughout treatment, results showed both groups had similar overall improvement at 1 year.

Children’s Hospital Colorado has announced Klane K. White, MD, MSc, as the Rose Brown Endowed chair of the department of pediatric orthopedics, according to a press release.

LAS VEGAS — A presentation here provided updated consensus-based best practice guidelines for defining high risk and preventing, diagnosing and treating surgical site infections in high-risk pediatric spine surgery cases.