Intramedullary Fixation of Both Bone Forearm Fractures in Children and Adolescents: Healing Correlates With Development of the Olecranon Apophysis.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine whether healing of both bone forearm (BBFA) fractures in children and adolescents is associated with the stage of the olecranon apophysis development as described by the Diméglio modification of the Sauvegrain method.

Methods: Records were reviewed from 2 children's hospitals from 1997 to 2008 to identify all patients younger than 18 years of age who had BBFA fractures treated with intramedullary nail fixation. Sixty-three patients were identified meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Return to Sport After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the Skeletally Immature Athlete.

Objective: Determine the percentage of skeletally immature athletes returning to sports after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and reconstruction.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Setting: Boston Children's Hospital Division of Sports Medicine.

Cervical pseudomeningocele due to occult hydrocephalus.

Study Design: Case report with a brief review of the literature.

Objective: To describe a rare clinical presentation of post-traumatic hydrocephalus (PTH) in a child who sustained a complete cervical spinal cord injury (SCI).

Summary Of Background Data: The incidence of PTH can be as high as 30% in cases of pediatric SCI and traumatic brain injury.