Pediatrics News

Some of the most commonly used devices for infants — car seats, swings, bouncy seats, strollers, carriers or any device that inhibits a young child’s chance to roll, move, wiggle and kick — pose a risk for motor skill delay, plagiocephaly and/or torticollis, conditions that collectively, make up container baby syndrome, a clinical therapist told Healio Primary Care.

In properly selected patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, selective fusion of either a main thoracic or lumbar curve resulted in spontaneous correction of the uninstrumented curve, according to recently published results. The results were maintained at least 10 years.

LISBON, Portugal — Many children who sustained one or more instances of abuse presented with long bone fractures, according to findings from researchers at Mahidol University and Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok.

LISBON, Portugal — Late valgus deformity after a proximal tibial metaphysis fracture in children, which was classified as Cozen’s phenomenon, developed in about half of the 33 patients included in a retrospective study conducted by investigators in Patras, Greece.

Results showed one in six youth sustained repeat concussion within 2 years of index concussion, with this risk increased among patients with several clinical characteristics of the index concussion.

The May EFORT webinar is approaching fast. The webinar entitled Patellofemoral Instability in Children is organized by the EFORT Orthopaedic Education Group, which is independent of any commercial educational support. It will take place Monday 27 May 2019 from 19:00 to 20:00 CET.

This article is part of an ongoing series to raise awareness of a broad set of topics that impact orthopaedic practice to broaden the collaborative discussion around improving patient surgical outcomes, especially postoperative pain management, and with developing solutions that improve practices across Europe. The opinions expressed in this interview are meant as an informal conversation to facilitate dialogue.

According to recently published results, supplementation compliance increased in children with fractures when 25 vitamin D levels were obtained.

A 5-year-old boy from Cypress presented with a few months of progressive upper and lower extremity paresthesias, weakness and ataxia. His mother contributed to the pertinent history. She denied any significant trauma but said her son had been falling a lot recently. The boy described numbness and tingling in his hands and feet. He also had a lot more trouble playing with his toys and seemed to drop objects frequently. The patient’s mother denied any episodes of bowel or bladder incontinence.

Prolonged rehabilitation programs that go beyond 8 months may be needed for recovery of muscle strength to allow for safe return to sport in adolescent patients who undergo medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction.