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ORLANDO, Fla. — Among members of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, there is a wide variability regarding the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric septic hips, according to results presented here.

Recently published data indicated older children had a greater prevalence of concomitant knee injuries and the need for additional surgical procedures after ACL reconstruction compared with younger patients.

Adolescents and young adults with non-contact ACL tears had a statistically larger tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance compared with intact-ACL control knees, according to results.

Skeletally immature children with primary lateral patellar dislocations have a greater chance of sustaining medial patellofemoral ligament injuries at the patellar attachment site, according to results of this MRI and arthroscopic study.

In the January/February editorial of Orthopedics, Editor-in-Chief, Robert D. D’Ambrosia, MD, announced several changes being made to the print and online editions of the publication.

Compared with nondislocation-associated elbow injuries, high school athletes who had elbow dislocations experienced longer removal from play and were more likely to require surgical treatment, according to results.

Researchers found that providing adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients and their families with additional objective information and feedback about brace compliance increased the number of hours patients wore their orthoses and was linked to less curve progression.  

In this retrospective analysis, researchers found short-term ketorolac use does not lead to a significant increase in serious bleeding events as evidenced on imaging after pediatric neurosurgical procedures and can be considered as a perioperative regimen in this setting.

Results from this retrospective, single-center study indicated older patient age, lower Gross Motor Function Classification System levels and increased surgeon volume were predictors of success with proximal femoral varus derotation osteotomy in children with cerebral palsy, and noted 37% failure with the procedure at mid-term follow-up.