Island nail flap in the treatment of foot macrodactyly of the first ray in children: report of two cases.

Purpose: We evaluated the result of a combined single-stage surgery in the treatment of first ray macrodactyly in children.

Introduction: Macrodactyly is a rare congenital abnormality that involves thickening of both the soft tissue and bone of the affected digits. It is more frequent in fingers than toes, where there is less neural involvement.

Lower Extremity Fibro-Adipose Vascular Anomaly (FAVA): A New Case of a Newly Delineated Disorder.

The acronym FAVA (Fibro-Adipose Vascular Anomaly) has been recently given to a distinct vascular entity that is characterized by fibrofatty infiltration of muscle, unusual phlebectasia with pain, and contracture of the affected extremity. We report a new case of FAVA in a 10-year-old girl with pain in her right lower leg and equinus contracture. As in our case, FAVA typically presents in young females with calf involvement and limited ankle dorsiflexion with local pain.

[Bone mineral density in a population with severe infantile cerebral palsy].

Objective: To determine the bone mineral density (BMD) values in children and adolescents with moderate and severe infantile cerebral palsy (ICP) in our catchment area, and compare these values with a healthy population.

Material And Method: A prognostic study of cases and controls for the assessment of BMD in patients from 2 to 18 years old with infantile cerebral palsy belonging to the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) Groups IV and V. The BMD measurements were performed at distal femur level, dividing this region into 3 areas following the forearm protocol.

[Radial head and neck fractures in children].

Objective: To analyse cases of radial head and neck fractures in children and compare them with the literature.

Method: Retrospective and descriptive study of 21 children with radial head and neck fractures. The following parameters were collected: demographics, comorbidity, classification, treatment, need for rehabilitation, lack of range of motion (ROM), time for recovery and complications.

Physeal fracture of the distal femur in a newborn: role of arthrography.

Making the diagnosis of a physeal separation of the distal end of the femur in a newborn is a true challenge. The radiological diagnosis is not always simple and a high index of suspicion is needed. Also, knowing the age of appearance of the ossific nuclei helps in reaching a diagnosis.