Slipped capital femoral epiphysis: Diagnostic pitfalls and therapeutic options.

One of the most prevalent hip pathologies that develops during adolescence is Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE), and over the past few decades, its incidence has been rising. To ensure an early diagnosis and prompt intervention, orthopedic surgeons should be aware of this entity. Review of recent developments in clinical examination and imaging diagnostic procedures.

Arthroscopic treatment of tibial intercondylar eminence fractures in skeletally immature patients with bioabsorbable nails.

Fractures involving tibial eminence caused by ACL avulsion lesion most frequently occur paediatric patients. Satisfactory reduction in displaced fractures cannot be achieved through conservative treatment, while arthroscopy-assisted fixation technique represents the gold standard to reduce and to fix articular fractures and several effective implants have been used to treat this kind of fractures. In our retrospective study, we proposed a different arthroscopic technique to fix Type II and Type III tibial eminence fractures by using bioabsorbable nails.

Resilience Against COVID-19: How Italy Faced the Pandemic in Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology.

Background: We aimed to investigate the variation of medical and surgical activities in pediatric orthopedics in Italy, during the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, in comparison with data from the previous two years. The differences among the first wave, phase 2 and second wave were also analyzed.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective multicenter study regarding the clinical and surgical activities in pediatric orthopedics during the pandemic and pre-pandemic period.

Recommendations from the Italian Society of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology for the management of pediatric orthopaedic patients during the COVID19 pandemic and post-pandemic period in Italy.

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy has dramatically impacted the National Healthcare System, causing the sudden congestion of hospitals, especially in Northern Italy, thus imposing drastic restriction of almost all routine medical care. This exceptional adaptation of the Italian National Healthcare System has also been felt by non-frontline settings such as Pediatric Orthopaedic Units, where the limitation or temporary suspension of most routine care activities met with a need to maintain continuity of care and avoid secondary issues due to the delay or suspension of the routine clinical practice. The Italian Society of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology formulated general and specific recommendations to face the COVID-19 outbreak, aiming to provide essential care for children needing orthopaedic treatments during the pandemic and early post-peak period, ensure safety of children, caregivers and healthcare providers and limit the spread of contagion.

Treatment of simple bone cyst with bone marrow concentrate and equine-derived demineralized bone matrix injection versus methylprednisolone acetate injections: A retrospective comparative study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the outcome of intra-lesional autologous bone marrow concentrate (BMC) and equine derived demineralized bone matrix (EDDBM) injections with methylprednisolone acetate injections in patients with simple bone cyst.

Methods: Clinical records and radiographs of 53 consecutive patients (37 females,and 16 males; mean age: 10.6±1.

Outcomes of surgical treatment of the tibial tuberosity fractures in skeletally immature patients: an update.

Tibial tubercle fractures in adolescents are uncommon injuries which typically occur in 12-16 year-old males involved in athletic activities. We hereby present our experience in the surgical treatment of such lesion. By reviewing all the tibial tuberosity fractures treated surgically at our institution between January 2012 and January 2016, we were able to identify 12 patients (14 fractures), of which 11 males and 1 female, whose average age at the time of the trauma was of 14.

Flexible Juvenile Flat Foot Surgical Correction: A Comparison Between Two Techniques After Ten Years' Experience.

The aim of our study is a retrospective analysis of the 2 most common surgical treatments of symptomatic juvenile flat foot: different arthroereisis techniques. Exosinotarsal arthroereisis with metallic screw and endosinotarsal with bioabsorbable devices were compared. In total, 402 feet were examined for a median follow-up of 130 months.