[Epidemiology of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in children: a prospective study over a 32 months period].

Aim: To determine the demographic, clinical, biological and bacteriological profile of acute community acquired hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHO) in children.

Methods: Prospective study including children admitted for AHO. We noted the demographic parameters of patients and the clinical, biological and radiological characteristics of the infection.

Progressive correction of severe spinal deformities with halo-gravity traction.

Treatment of rigid and severe spinal deformities is challenging and risky. Preoperative halo-gravity traction can be used to progressively reduce the deformity before spinal fusion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of halo-gravity traction for the correction of severe spinal deformities.

Early results of the Ponseti method using the Steenbek foot abduction brace: a prospective study of 95 feet.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the early results of the Ponseti method and the effectiveness of the Steenbek foot abduction brace. A total of 74 patients with 110 idiopathic clubfeet were included in this prospective study. The feet were evaluated according to the Dimeglio-Bensahel classification, the Catteral-Pirani classification and the functional classification of the Hospital for Joint Diseases.

[Preliminary results of surgical treatment of developmental dislocation of the hip in older children].

Reduction of developmental dislocation of the hip is difficult to achieve in children after walking age and particularly in older children. In fact, at this age the important retraction of the muscles around the hip associated with a marked acetabular dysplasia and elongation of the joint capsule explain the difficulty and instability of reduction and the frequency of complications. In this study we reviewed retrospectively the clinical and radiological results of 26 developmental dislocations of the hip treated by open reduction, pelvic osteotomy and femoral shortening in 21 children aged more than 5 years.

Facial features and skeletal abnormalities in Larsen syndrome--a study of three generations of a Tunisian family.

We report on a 3 generation study of a Tunisian family, in which eight subjects had or have features of Larsen syndrome: three siblings, two females and one male are affected with flattened facies, multiple congenital joint dislocations, and club foot deformities. Five other family members were recognised as being variably affected with the syndrome. Over the three generations, despite the characteristic facial features being the most constant clinical signs of the syndrome, none of those still living had palatal clefts, the multiple infantile deaths in this family, however, were characterised by an association with cleft palate.