Computer-aided decision system for the clubfeet deformities.

A computer-aided decision system (CADS) based on ontology in pediatric orthopedics was developed to assess, without assumptions performed, the abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system of lower limbs. The CADS consists of four components. The first component is a diagnosis-based ontology, called Ontologie du Système Musculosquelettique des Membres Inférieurs (OSMMI).

The results of Chiari pelvic osteotomy in adolescents with a brief literature review.

Purpose: Chiari medial displacement osteotomy is a procedure that uses the cancellous bone of the ilium to contain the femoral head and bear weight. It is the most contraversial osteotomy of the hip joint. This study was therefore conducted to determine the results of this osteotomy with mid-term follow-up in children.

Nonunion of fractures of the femoral neck in children.

The authors present the prospective clinical outcome of nine pseudoarthroses resulting from surgical treatment carried out in nine children, whose ages varied from 6 years and 2 months to 14 years and 2 months (mean 10 years and 2 months), who had fractures of the femoral neck. Five were classified as type II, according to the Delbet classification modified by Colonna, and four were type III. The initial fractures were caused by high-energy traumas, such as trampling, bicycle falls, and car accidents.