Pediatrics News

The rate of recurrent concussions significantly decreased among high-school athletes in the 2 years following the enactment of youth sports traumatic brain injury laws in the United States, according to results published in American Journal of Public Health.

A 16-year-old female high school soccer player with no known medical comorbidities (2 years post-menarche) presented to the clinic for evaluation of diffuse back pain. She reported being diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis at age 14 and placed in a brace. For the two years prior to presentation, she was largely non-compliant with the bracing regimen. She noted wearing the brace for “several hours a day” over the past few months.

Does the availability of new technologies change the surgeon’s decision-making? Is innovation globally influencing well-established or standard procedures? EFORT has chosen Innovation and New Technologies as the main theme of the 2018 congress, which to some extent will open the debate on how technical progress can, should or will influence medical procedures in the future of orthopaedics and traumatology.

Pediatric patients with diaphyseal forearm fractures treated with intramedullary fixation using either titanium elastic nails, stainless steel elastic nails or K-wires had no differences in outcomes, time to union, surgical time or complication rates, according to results published in The Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.

The FDA has granted NuVasive expanded 510(k) clearance for the Precice system from NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics. The expanded indications now include open and closed fracture fixation, treatment for pseudarthrosis, malunions and nonunions, and bone transport.

Clinically significant reductions in pain were seen in children who underwent minor outpatient orthopedic surgery and were treated with either oral morphine or ibuprofen. However, morphine use correlated with significantly more adverse effects, according to results from a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

OrthoPediatrics Corp. announced the launch of an initial public offering of 4,000,000 shares of its common stock, according to a company press release.

Femoral lengthening with an internal lengthening nail is a recent advance that allows for leg length equalization and deformity correction in a manner that mitigates many challenges associated with external fixation, especially from the patient’s perspective.

The rate of serious injuries related to off-road vehicles declined 41% among children and adolescents after the passage of a 2010 Massachusetts law that restricted off-road vehicles use by children aged younger than 14 years and regulated its use by children up to the age of 18 years, according to recent data.

Although pelvic shields for diagnostic imaging for orthopedic pathology in children are rarely absent, recently published results showed these shields are often misplaced.