Background: Long-term studies have indicated good outcomes for most patients with Legg-Calvé-Perthes
disease. However, clinical experience suggests that less favorable outcomes …

Background: Flexible intramedullary nailing (IMN) has become a popular technique for the
management of unstable or open forearm fractures. Recent publications have suggested an …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort analysis. Objective. To establish if drain levels exceed
the minimum inhibitory concentrations for common pathogens (methicillin-resistant …

Materials and Methods Working Group The PCSCWG is a multidisciplinary panel of
fellowshiptrained physicians with experience in pediatric cervical spine trauma care who were …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of a consecutive series of
patients who had internal fixation of an acute, nondisplaced scaphoid waist fracture via a …

Background: Flexible intramedullary nailing (IMN) is a valuable tool in the treatment of
femoral fractures in school-age children, whereas spica cast immobilization has been the …

Background: The yield of synovial fluid cultures in patients meeting clinical criteria for septic
hip arthritis remains low. In the presence of positive blood cultures, these patients are …

Background: Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is strongly associated with childhood
obesity, yet the prevalence of obesity is orders of magnitude greater than the prevalence of …

Background: Displaced pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures (SCHFs) are stabilized
after reduction by smooth pins. Although some SCHFs are biomechanically stable after lateral-…

➤ Necrotizing fasciitis hijacks the acute phase response, increasing the risk of developing
pathophysiologic states commonly associated with death: sepsis-induced coagulopathy (SIC), …