Pediatrics News

Male high school soccer, basketball and lacrosse athletes had higher head impact rates compared with female athletes in the same sports, according to published results.

Spinal and pediatric surgeon David L. Skaggs, MD, MMM, has joined Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedics in multiple leadership roles, according to a press release.

The FDA has approved a supplemental new drug application for the long-acting local analgesic Exparel for use in children aged 6 years or older “for single-dose infiltration to produce postsurgical local analgesia,” Pacira said.

Children and young adults who experience post-traumatic headache with migraine phenotype may be at increased risk for more significant injury or deleterious pathophysiology after concussion.

A historical asymptomatic population revealed a 18.9% prevalence of benign childhood bone tumors of the extremities, according to results.

Both re-directional and incomplete osteotomy techniques uniquely change acetabular coverage and volume when used for correction of acetabular dysplasia of the hip, according to recently presented results.

Tibial tubercle to lateral trochlear ridge distance may accurately predict recurrent patellar instability in a pediatric population with first-time lateral patellar dislocation, according to published results.

Students who experienced a concussion were more likely to engage in potentially risky and dangerous behaviors than their peers who were not concussed, an analysis showed. However, researchers could not establish causality.

Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic children were less likely to undergo radiography, CT, ultrasonography and an MRI during ED visits than non-Hispanic white children, an analysis of more than 13 million ED visits showed.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the postponement or cancellation of amateur and professional sporting events in 2020, which raised concerns among the medical community once athletes eventually returned to sports.