Pediatrics News

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was named the top hospital for pediatric orthopedics, according to a U.S. News & World Report press release.

Published results showed pelvic ring reconstruction using double-barreled free vascularized fibular graft and internal fixation after iliosacral resections achieved a high rate of bone union and good functional outcomes in children.

With successful and durable outcomes at 5 years, nonoperative management is an option for most adolescent patients with symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement syndrome, according to a pediatric sports medicine surgeon.

Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction increased stability in adolescent patients with an acute, first-time patellar dislocation and an associated chondral or osteochondral loose body, according to presented results.

Results presented at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting showed talectomy for treatment of clubfoot deformity yielded good clinical outcomes with correction maintained into adulthood.

Pediatric patients who underwent arthroscopic management of posterior ankle impingement were able to return to their previous level of activity with minimal complications, according to a pediatric sports medicine specialist.

Compared with the Masada classification, the Jo and Gottschalk classifications offered better reliability for describing lesion characteristics of hereditary multiple osteochondromas in pediatric patients, according to a speaker.

A routine radiographic protocol rarely alters the management of pediatric osteoarticular infections and significantly increases radiation exposure, health care utilization and costs, according to a speaker.

Similar to results from an operative approach, nonoperative treatment of displaced proximal humerus fractures in adolescents provided “excellent functional outcomes” at 3 and 6 months after injury, according to a speaker.

The lifetime prevalence of at least one self-reported concussion increased among U.S. adolescents in the eighth, 10th and 12th grades from 2016 to 2020, according to published results.