Surgical management of congenital torticollis in children older than 7 years with an average 10-year follow-up.

The aim of the present study is to present the results of the surgical management of late presenting cases of congenital muscular torticollis. Between 1990 and 2010, 31 cases of late presenting congenital muscular torticollis were managed surgically in our department. Postoperatively, head halter traction was applied for 10 days; a cervical brace was applied for 5 weeks, followed by a soft one collar for 3 months.

Treatment for spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in children.

Purpose: To review outcome of 44 children who underwent conservative or surgical treatment for spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis.

Methods: Records of 25 male and 19 female children aged 5 to 14 (mean, 10.2) years who underwent conservative (n=39) or surgical (n=5) treatment for spondylolysis (n=19) or spondylolisthesis (n=25) were reviewed.

Open reduction internal fixation of lateral humeral condyle fractures in children. A series of 105 fractures from a single institution.

Lateral humeral condyle fractures account for 17 % of the distal humeral condyle fractures. Displaced and/or rotated fractures require appropriate reduction and stabilisation. There are, however, a number of controversies in the surgical management of these patients.

Pediatric Monteggia fractures: a single-center study of the management of 40 patients.

Introduction: Early identification and conservative management of pediatric Monteggia fractures has been shown to correlate with good results. Nevertheless, several authors advocate more aggressive management with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) for unstable fractures. We herein present the experience of a tertiary pediatric hospital in the management of Monteggia fractures.

Convergent type proximal radioulnar translocation complicating posterior elbow dislocation: watch out for dual dislocations in children's elbows.

Proximal radioulnar translocation associated with posterior dislocation of the elbow is an extremely rare combination of trauma to the elbow in children. We report on the successful and sequential closed reduction of both these dislocations in a 10-year-old girl in which the translocation of the forearm bones was initially missed. A concomitant fracture would have probably precluded an ideal outcome as we note from the literature review on this problem.

Primary sternal osteomyelitis in a 40 days old infant: a case report and review of the literature.

Introduction: Primary sternal osteomyelitis is extremely rare in children and only very few cases have been reported in the international literature.

Case Presentation: A 40 days old Caucasian infant was referred to our clinic with a 4 days history of fever and malaise, accompanying a painful swelling of four days duration involving the lower end of the sternum. Examination revealed a 2 cm swelling which was fixed to the underlying bone.