Validating rasterstereography to evaluate thoracic kyphosis in patients with Scheuermann's disease.

Purpose: Evaluate the validity of rasterstereography compared to low-dose, biplanar spine radiography for assessing thoracic kyphosis (TK) angles in Scheuermann's disease patients.

Methods: This prospective study included all the Scheuermann's disease patients consulting our clinic from 2016 to 2018. Recruited patients underwent two-dimensional low-dose biplanar anteroposterior full-length spine radiography and rasterstereography on the same day.

A new method for assessing tibial torsion using computerized tomography in a pediatric population.

Purpose: Tibial torsion disorders may lead to abnormal gait, frequently leading to a consultation with a pediatric orthopedic surgeon. The present study evaluated an alternative method for assessing tibial torsion on computerized tomography (CT) images that considers the tibial distal axis to be equivalent to the geometric axis of the tibiotalar joint.

Methods: One hundred CT scans were reviewed retrospectively, and four measurements were taken: proximal transtibial angle (PTTA), posterior margin tibial plateau angle (PMTPA), intermalleolar angle (IMA), and talar angle (TA).

Laboratory diagnostics for primary spinal infections in pediatric and adult populations: a narrative review.

Primary spinal infection (PSI) is a generic term covering a heterogeneous group of infections that can affect the vertebral body, intervertebral disks, the content of the medullary cavity, and adjacent paraspinal tissues. Patients' characteristics can vary significantly, notably according to their age, and some of these characteristics undoubtedly play a primordial role in the occurrence of a PSI and in the type of offending pathogen. Before approaching the subject of laboratory diagnostics, it is essential to define the characteristics of the patient and their infection, which can then guide the physician toward specific diagnostic approaches.

Subacute osteomyelitis due to in a teenager: A case report and review of the literature.

Background: () is a human commensal bacterium which can be detected in the nose, nails, and skin. It can be responsible for heterogeneous infections such as bacteremia, endocarditis, pneumonia, acute otitis externa, peritonitis, and urinary tract infections. Bone and joint infections due to have also been reported, but most of them resulted from the infection of orthopedic devices, especially joint prostheses and internal osteosynthesis devices.

Transphyseal Hematogenous Osteomyelitis: An Epidemiological, Bacteriological, and Radiological Retrospective Cohort Analysis.

Transphyseal hematogenous osteomyelitis (THO) is a serious condition that can affect the growing physis, yet it is insufficiently recognized in children. The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence and epidemiology of pediatric THO, and to discuss the underlying pathophysiology. All consecutive cases of acute and subacute osteomyelitis admitted to our institution over 17 years were retrospectively studied.

Clinical and Biologic Characteristics of Kingella kingae -Induced Septic Arthritis of the Knee in Young Children.

Background And Objectives: Septic arthritis of the knee is presumed to be the most frequent form of Kingella kingae -induced osteoarticular infection. This study aimed to report on the clinical course, biological parameters, and results of microbiological investigations among children with K. kingae -induced septic arthritis of the knee.

Osteoarticular Infections in Children: Accurately Distinguishing between MSSA and Kingella kingae.

Introduction: Osteoarticular infections (OAIs) constitute serious paediatric conditions that may cause severe complications. Identifying the causative organism is one of the mainstays of the care process, since its detection will confirm the diagnosis, enable adjustments to antibiotic therapy and thus optimize outcomes. Two bacteria account for the majority of OAIs before 16 years of age: Staphylococcus aureus is known for affecting the older child, whereas Kingella kingae affects infants and children younger than 4 years old.

Surgery's role in contemporary osteoarticular infection management.

The treatment paradigm for osteoarticular infections (OAIs) has changed drastically over the past 80 years, from the advent of penicillin to the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Before these drugs, surgery was the only available treatment for OAIs; today, antibiotic therapy is considered the primary response to them. As a result, surgical treatment of OAIs is thus far more rarely indicated, sometimes even considered outdated and obsolete.

Right partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the superior vena cava following the Warden procedure.

Background And Aims: Surgical repair of right partial pulmonary anomalous connection to the superior vena cava (SVC) with the Warden procedure can be complicated by SVC obstruction, pulmonary veins obstruction, and sinus node dysfunction. We review our 20 years of experience with Warden procedures for the repair of right partial pulmonary venous connection to the SVC.

Methods: This was a single-center retrospective study of all patients (pediatric and adult) with right partial pulmonary abnormal venous connections who underwent a complete repair with the Warden procedure between 1997 and 2016.