Pediatric Interventional Radiology: Blurring the Lines Between Specialties.

Medical imaging has transformed the ease and speed of patient care with provision of detailed evaluation of anatomic structures and disease processes. Interventional radiology uses imaging guided techniques to further diagnose or treat diseases with minimally invasive methods. These techniques are particularly helpful in treating pediatric patients.

Tracheobronchomalacia diagnosed by tracheobronchography in ventilator-dependent infants.

Background: Tracheobronchomalacia prevalence in premature infants on prolonged mechanical ventilation is high.

Objective: To examine the prevalence of tracheobronchomalacia diagnosed by tracheobronchography in ventilator-dependent infants, and describe the demographic, clinical and dynamic airway characteristics of those infants with tracheobronchomalacia.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective review studies 198 tracheobronchograms performed from 1998 to 2011 in a cohort of 158 ventilator-dependent infants <2 years of age.

Quantification of humeral head deformity following neonatal brachial plexus palsy.

Background: Neonatal brachial plexus palsy frequently leads to glenohumeral dysplasia if neurological recovery is incomplete. Although glenoid retroversion and glenohumeral subluxation have been well characterized, humeral head deformity has not previously been quantified. Nonetheless, humeral head flattening is described as a contraindication to joint contracture release and external rotation tendon transfers.