Effect of Medial Patellofemoral Complex Reconstruction Technique on Patellofemoral Contact Pressure, Contact Area, and Kinematics
Isolated MPFL reconstruction, isolated MQTFL reconstruction, and combined MPFL/MQTFL reconstruction restored native knee kinematics, contact forces, and contact areas without overconstraint.
Use of Implant-Mediated Guided Growth With Tension Band Plate in Skeletally Immature Patients With Knee Pathology: A Retrospective Review
The implant-mediated guided growth performed in the setting of treating intra-articular knee pathology is feasible and should be considered for skeletally immature patients with coronal plane angular deformity undergoing surgery for concomitant knee pathology.
Transosseous Repair of Isolated Posterior Medial Meniscal Root Injuries in Children and Adolescents
This technical note demonstrates the transosseous repair of isolated posterior medial meniscal root injuries in children and adolescents, including tear visualization on magnetic resonance imaging and during arthroscopy, operative technique, and postoperative management.
Virtual Reality Distraction Is No Better Than Simple Distraction Techniques for Reducing Pain and Anxiety During Pediatric Orthopaedic Outpatient Procedures: A Randomized Controlled Trial
During in-office cast and pin removal in pediatric patients, simple distraction techniques such as tablet video viewing are as effective as higher-fidelity VR headset video and interactive games in minimizing objective measures of procedural pain and subjective measures of pain and anxiety.
Can Return-to-Sport Rates be Taken at Face Value in the Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Literature?
Understanding how rates of sport participation may naturally change during childhood is crucial to interpreting and reporting RTS rates for these patients. We believe that more studies are needed to quantify the many factors affecting natural attrition rates of sport participation in young athletes (by both age and sport) to better study posttreatment RTS and […]
Strong Association Between Growth Hormone Therapy and Proximal Tibial Physeal Avulsion Fractures in Children and Adolescents: A Case-Control Study
This study demonstrates that the proportion of subjects who sustained proximal tibial physeal avulsion fractures and were receiving recombinant human growth hormone therapy at the time of injury was significantly greater than that of an age, sex, and body mass index-matched control group with midshaft tibial fractures (11% versus 0%, respectively, representing 15-times greater odds […]
Practical Clinical Research Design and Application
Every practicing physician, surgeon, advanced practice provider, and allied health professional interacts regularly with peer-reviewed literature: either while creating it, or consuming it.
Validation of the ACL-RSI Scale in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients
The ACL-RSI scale is valid to use with pediatric and adolescent patients. The 6-item scale may be a better choice because it has fewer redundancies and minimizes the risk of questionnaire fatigue.
Simultaneous anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and implant-mediated guided growth to correct genu valgum in skeletally immature patients
The results of the current study indicate that concomitant ACL reconstruction and lower extremity coronal plane angular deformity correction is a safe approach to treat coronal plane angular deformity concomitantly with ACL reconstruction in young patients who present with an acute ACL tear.
Extension of Tibial Spine Fractures Beyond the Tibial Spine: An MRI Analysis of 54 Patients
This study demonstrated that TSF beds were larger in younger patients, extended to the posterior third of the epiphysis in 54% of cases, and should be examined carefully for extension into weightbearing regions of the tibial plateau. In pediatric patients, the TSF often involves more of the tibial plateau than the anatomic footprint of the […]