Surgery
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CDC sounds alarm on hospital antibiotic use
Article
The Métaizeau Technique for Pediatric Radial Neck Fracture With Elbow Dislocation: Intraoperative Pitfalls and Associated Forearm Compartment Syndrome
Displaced radial neck fractures in the pediatric population can be treated with retrograde intramedullary nailing of the radius (the Métaizeau...
Article
Surgical Treatment of Symptomatic Accessory Navicular in Children and Adolescents
Although an accessory navicular (AN) is present in approximately 10% of the population, it rarely is symptomatic, and few cases necessitate...
Conference Coverage
Sizzle magnets: a worrisome buzz in the emergency department
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Traumatic injury ups stroke risk in people under 50
Article
Treatment of Postoperative Infection After Posterior Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation in a Patient With Neuromuscular Scoliosis
According to the literature, patients with neuromuscular scoliosis have a higher rate of infection after spinal fusion. No randomized controlled...
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Injury cause alone insufficient to justify CT scanning in children
Major finding: A Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) of less than 14 (original scale; less than 15 on revised scale) was the only clinically significant...
Commentary
Children Are Not Small Adults
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Subacute Superior Patellar Pole Sleeve Fracture
Patellar fractures are uncommon, representing 1% of pediatric fractures. Most of these injuries are sleeve avulsions of the inferior pole. Sleeve...
Conference Coverage
Make the most of nonopioids: Managing acute pain in children
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Gene panel identifies residual neuroblastoma metastases
Major finding: In a multivariate analysis, patients negative for minimal residual disease had about a fourfold increased rate of progression-free...