Pediatrics News

My first Healio.com/Orthopedics blog is to introduce and describe the STOP Sports Injuries program. Under the direction and leadership of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the STOP Sports Injuries program was developed during the past 4 to 5 years as a comprehensive public outreach program. The program focuses on the importance of sports safety, specifically as it relates to overuse and trauma injuries in youth sports, for some 29 different sports.

It is rare when a child needs to undergo total hip arthroplasty and the current indications pose unique challenges for surgeons who perform the procedure in pediatric patients compared to adults, according to sources that spoke with Orthopaedics Today Europe.

Recently published data indicated children ages 11 years and older were more likely to develop osteonecrosis than children younger than 11 years of age; however, researchers did not find the incidence of osteonecrosis was reduced by earlier time to reduction.

Initiation of a lower-extremity vascular trauma protocol improved flow of care, enabling staff surgeons to better address and care for vascular injuries in pediatric patients, according to study results.

When caring for orthopedic patients, physicians must consider the role of hormones, differential anatomy, joint stability and bone quality, as well as differences in recovery after injury and surgery among men and women, according to researchers.

Autologous osteocartilaginous capping with the proximal portion of the fibula is an effective treatment after congenital or acquired amputations in children, where 90% of limbs showed no recurrent overgrowth, according to study results.

LYON, France — In a retrospective cohort study of adolescent patients who underwent ACL reconstruction, findings linked surgical delay with lower scores for activities of daily living and greater rates of specific associated tears and lesions.

LYON, France — Findings of a study presented at the International Society for Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Biennial Congress cautioned that guidelines for return to sport based on time only are inappropriate for adolescent patients who undergo primary ACL reconstruction.

Orthopedics Today features eight stories of importance to emerge from the EFORT Congress.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has been named by U.S. News & World Report as the top-ranked hospital in the country for pediatric orthopedic medicine.