Pediatrics News

Healio highlights the monthly Surgical Techniques of Orthopedics Today that were published in 2023.

Peer-to-peer telemedicine consultations may be a cost-effective triage strategy prior to ambulance transfer to the ED for pediatric patients with orthopedic trauma, according to published results.

OSSIO has announced FDA clearance of its OSSIOfiber bio-integrative bone fixation technology for use in orthopedic surgery for children and adolescents, according to a press release.

OrthoPediatrics Corp. has launched a new pediatric nailing platform designed for treating pediatric patients with fractures and deformities in the lower extremities, according to a company press release.

Published results showed pediatric patients who had closed reduction and percutaneous pinning of a supracondylar humeral fracture and a nonopioid analgesia protocol showed similar pain scores compared with those who had opioid analgesia.

The Academic Orthopaedic Consortium Business & Leadership Symposium will gather the clinical and administrative leadership across university-based musculoskeletal enterprises to share best practices across the business and leadership of academic missions.

Surgical outcomes are affected by key factors that orthopedic surgeons assess before and during the episode of care.

Craniosynostosis — the premature joining of bones in an infant’s skull — may be caused by an abnormal excess of a previously unknown type of bone-forming stem cell, according to findings from a preclinical study reported in Nature.

Results published in JAMA Surgery showed use of cervical spine imaging for pediatric patients with blunt trauma has increased despite wide variability in clinical evaluation, which could lead to the potential for overdiagnosis of injuries.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has issued formal comments urging CMS to reform the proposed payment policy changes in the Medicare program for 2024, according to a press release.