Positional Plagiocephaly Side and Neurodevelopmental Delay: Study on 408 Infants.

Objective: Provide data on a cross-sectional study of neurodevelopmental delays in positional plagiocephaly (PP) based on severity and flattening side on early childhood patients.

Methods: Neurodevelopment of 408 PP in patients with an age range of 3 to 59 months was assessed with Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI) tests during and after their cranial orthotic treatment. Data obtained were compared with the cranial anthropometric measurements taken the same day the test was made, and results were segregated by flattening side, grouped by diagnosis and severity, segmented by age group, and split by sex.

Positional Skull Deformities and Neurodevelopmental Delay: Study on 449 Infants.

Objective: Provide data on a cross-sectional study of neurodevelopmental delays (NDD) in patients with positional skull deformities (PSD), based on severity and gender, in early childhood.

Methods: Neurodevelopment of 449 patients with PSD, with an age range of 3 to 59 months, was assessed with Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI) tests during and after their cranial orthotic treatment. Data obtained were compared with the anthropometric measurements taken the same day the test was made, and results were grouped by diagnosis and severity, segmented by age group, and split by gender.

[Conservative surgery of ovarian torsion in pediatrics].

The authors describe the case of two girls diagnosed of ovarian torsion secondary to a cyst. They were operated on by conservative ovarian therapy regardless the time of evolution and ovary macroscopical aspect. These 2 patients were 9 and 13 years old, with abdominal colic pain of 48 and 36 hours of evolution.

[Boix Ochoa's antireflux procedure returns patients to normalcy: 24 hour esophageal pH monitoring of 21 cases].

A great controversy exist concerning the surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux (GER). It is well known that Nissen procedure produces a hypercorrection of the gastroesophageal competency and often a "gas bloat syndrome". On the other hand, the Boix Ochoa's technique is more physiological but corrects GER allowing the persistence of a "radiological" reflux.

[Septic arthritis in children].

A review was made of 15 cases of septic arthritis in children. 13 of these cases corresponded to purulent arthritis, one to tuberculous arthritis and one to brucellar arthritis. All of them received diagnostic punction.

[Rib actynomycosis].

A unusual case of rib actynomycosis, observed several months after surgery for acute appendicitis in a 11 year boy is reported. Surgical excision of the affected segment of rib had to be implemented with lyncomycin in order to obtain the cure. Laboratory data are consistent with the above mentioned diagnosis.