Surgery
Conference Coverage
STS: Valved conduit shows right ventricular outflow durability
Key clinical point: A prosthetic conduit with a porcine valve showed excellent durability for congenital heart defect repairs at intermediate-term...
ID Consult
Appendicitis, antibiotics, and surgery: An evolving trilogy
Dr. Stephen I. Pelton discusses new information about trying antibiotics rather than going straight to surgery to treat appendicitis.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Prophylaxis for atopic dermatitis
News
AAP says newborn pain management plans essential for all providers
All facilities caring for newborns should implement a pain prevention program that takes advantage of what pain management strategies do exist.
Article
Combined Tibial Tubercle Avulsion Fracture and Patellar Avulsion Fracture: An Unusual Variant in an Adolescent Patient
Traumatic extensor dysfunction of the knee in children is a rare injury, with the majority resulting from tibial tubercle avulsion fracture or...
Article
Giant Bone Island of the Tibia in a Child
Giant bone islands have been previously diagnosed only in adults. A symptomatic giant bone island of the tibial diaphysis in a 10-year-old boy is...
Article
Compartment Syndrome in Children: Diagnosis and Management
Compartment syndrome (CS) can present differently in children than in adults. Increased need for analgesics is the first sign of evolving CS in...
Article
Complete Closing Wedge Osteotomy for Correction of Blount Disease (Tibia Vara): A Technique
Treatment of Blount disease (tibia vara) can be daunting in adolescents because of their obesity.
Commentary
The Changing Face of Pediatric Orthopedics
From the Journals
Six-year Norwood-RVPA results in matched patients outperformed BT-shunt
Key clinical point: For newborns with critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) undergoing Norwood stage-1 procedures, Norwood...
Conference Coverage
FDA advisory committees support changing codeine contraindications for children
The FDA’s Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committees voted strongly in favor of amending codeine’s current...