Outcomes of bracing in juvenile idiopathic scoliosis until skeletal maturity or surgery.

Study Design: Retrospective comparative study.

Objective: To evaluate the outcome of bracing in patients with juvenile idiopathic scoliosis (JIS) at either skeletal maturity or time of scoliosis surgery.

Summary Of Background Data: JIS is generally thought to have poor outcomes with high rates of surgical fusion.

Reoperations after tarsal coalition resection: a population-based study.

Few studies have evaluated the incidence of subsequent operations after tarsal coalition resection. Using administrative databases, we followed up a cohort of patients who had undergone tarsal coalition resection to determine the rates and possible risk factors for subsequent resection or arthrodesis. Patients (aged 8 years or older) who had been treated from July 1994 to August 2009 in Canada were identified and included.

The epidemiology of paediatric supracondylar fracture fixation: a population-based study.

Introduction: The epidemiology of paediatric supracondylar fracture (SCF) fixation has not been evaluated at a population level. The purpose of this study was to: (1) determine the incidence density rate (IDR) of SCF fixation and (2) determine the rate of and risk factors for re-operation.

Methods: Using administrative databases, all patients who underwent SCF fixation (closed reduction percutaneous pinning (CRPP) or open reduction (OR)) in Ontario between April 2002 and March 2010 were identified.

Long-term functional outcomes of resected tarsal coalitions.

Background: There are few long-term studies evaluating tarsal coalition resections. The purpose of this study was to compare patient outcomes following resection of calcaneonavicular (CN) and talocalcaneal (TC) bars and to determine the relationship between the extent of a coalition and the outcome of resection.

Methods: Patients younger than 18 years receiving resection for symptomatic tarsal coalition (1991-2004 inclusive) were eligible to participate.