Pediatrics News

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Regardless of patellar height and trochlear dysplasia, isolated medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction yielded “excellent” midterm outcomes with low redislocation rates in skeletally immature patients, according to published results.

Published results showed an increase in the number of total hip arthroplasties performed in patients younger than 21 years of age in the United States between 2000 and 2016.

Use of a psychologically informed video during standard physical therapy may reduce pain-related fear and pain catastrophizing as well as improve function among adolescents with patellofemoral pain, according to published results.

Compared with repair or no treatment, medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction yielded the best outcomes in adolescent patients with an acute first-time patellar dislocation and an associated intra-articular loose body.

Results showed no improvement in the number of spine injuries associated with football from 2010 to 2019, with a near significant trend for an increasing rate in cervical spine injuries.

Published results showed Exparel may be safe in patients aged 6 to younger than 17 years undergoing spine or cardiac surgery.

“Dry scooping” — a “dangerous” behavior in which pre-workout supplement powder is consumed with sips of water instead of a full glass — was “extremely prevalent” on the popular social media app TikTok, according to researchers.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis had no significant change in behavior or emotional function regardless of treatment, according to results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Auctus Surgical recently received FDA breakthrough device designation for its vertebral body tethering system for pediatric scoliosis and a patent for “spinal curvature modulation systems and methods,” according to a press release.