The gross motor function classification system for cerebral palsy and single-event multilevel surgery: is there a relationship between level of function and intervention over time?

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine what effect, if any, an intervention such as Single-event multilevel orthopaedic surgery (SEMLS) might have on the relative stability of the gross motor function classification system (GMFCS) for cerebral palsy over a 5-year time period.

Methods: Eighty-four children with spastic cerebral palsy who underwent SEMLS were included. The patients had an average of 5.

Ender rod fixation of femoral shaft fractures in children.

Ender rod fixation for femoral shaft fractures in children was evaluated in a prospective study at two Level 1 trauma centers. Fifty-seven fractures in 52 patients were evaluated. Criteria for inclusion in the study included age younger than 14 years, femoral shaft fractures occurring in the middle 3/5, canal size greater than 7 mm, and parental consent.

Crossed pin fixation of displaced supracondylar humerus fractures in children.

The results of 42 children with displaced supracondylar fractures of the humerus (six Gartland Type II and 36 Gartland Type III) treated with crossed pin fixation are reported. In 37 fractures (88%) the teardrop configuration was restored successfully. All fractures healed without loss of reduction.