Pediatrics News

Patellar instability is more common in children younger than the age of 16 years with an incidence of approximately 43 per 100,000 children per year. Although more than 100 different surgical techniques for patellar stabilization have been described in the literature, medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction has been increasingly accepted as the treatment of choice for most patients with recurrent patellar instability.

As announced in the July issue of Orthopaedics Today Europe, EFORT and the Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology will hold the first Orthopaedic Convention for Eastern Europe on 3 to 5 November 2016 in Pozna, Poland at the Congress and Teaching Centre of Pozna University of Medical Sciences.

Findings from an analysis of youth soccer players that focused on possible links between training and injury have resulted in a set of initial guidelines that may help reduce the occurrence of injuries in elite youth soccer, also known as football, according to a press release from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Penn Medicine and Shriner’s Hospitals for Children celebrated the 1-year anniversary of their collaboration on the first bilateral hand transplant on a pediatric patient.

In a study of young athletes who underwent periacetabular osteotomy for acetabular dysplasia, investigators found most patients returned to play and had improved function and that female patients were more likely to undergo the procedure.

COLORADO SPRINGS, USA — Compared with usual care, treatment of Osgood-Schlatter disease with hyperosmolar dextrose or saline injection therapy suggested patients had superior symptom reduction efficacy, according to results presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting.

Pediatric patients who underwent revision ACL reconstruction experienced suboptimal outcomes, according to recently presented data.

Since passage of Title IX in 1972, a comprehensive federal law that required gender equity in every education program or activity receiving federal funding, the societal norms in sports have changed. Female participation in athletics is at an all-time high.

Investigators of this study found an increased frequency in the diagnosis of little league shoulder and that a third of patients showed evidence of glenohumeral internal rotation deficit.

EFORT and the Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology are proud to announce the first Orthopaedic Convention for Eastern Europe, which is scheduled to be held from 3 to 5 November 2016 at the Congress and Teaching Centre of the Pozna University of Medical Sciences in Pozna, Poland.