Pediatrics News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Compared with nonoperative treatment, operative treatment of comminuted or severely shortened midshaft clavicle fractures allowed for faster return to sport in older adolescent athletes, according to a presenter.

During the past 2 decades, research has shown multiple factors have led to an increase in elbow injuries and surgeries among youth, collegiate and professional overhead-throwing athletes.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — According to a presenter, medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction yielded positive and comparable outcomes in skeletally mature and skeletally immature pediatric patients with patellar instability.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Traumatic, unidirectional, anterior shoulder instability treated with arthroscopic Bankart repair in adolescents has a high rate of revision and inferior patient-reported outcome measures, according to a presenter.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Adolescent baseball players who undergo arthroscopic treatment of elbow osteochondritis dissecans have high return to play and satisfaction rates and low Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic scores, according to a presenter.

Patients with a history of pediatric hip disease who undergo total hip arthroplasty may have a lower risk of mortality compared with the general population, according to results presented at the Virtual EFORT Congress.

With the increase in February 2020 of COVID-19 cases and the need for social distancing practices, telehealth became a CDC-recommended format for health care providers and facilities to use for clinical services.

This is going to be predicated on the three different types of visits for orthopedics.

Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction may be a safe and effective treatment option for adolescent patients with patellar dislocations and instability, according to published results.

Published results showed more than half of pediatric spinal fractures occurred in adolescents aged 15 to 17 years, with motor vehicle accidents reported as the most common mechanism of injury.