The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Management of Minimally Displaced or Nondisplaced Lateral Humeral Condyle Fractures in Children.

Objectives: Fractures of the lateral humeral condyle are common in children. Nondisplaced fractures are managed with cast immobilization and frequent radiographic follow-up. Possibility of assessing the displacement and stability of such fractures may be helpful in planning the initial treatment and survey.

All-Pedicle Screw Fixation With 6-mm-Diameter Cobalt-Chromium Rods Provides Optimized Sagittal Correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

Purpose: Recently introduced cobalt-chromium (CoCr) rods that rely solely on pedicle screws produce very good results in correcting scoliotic curves. All-pedicle screws constructs are also suspected of decreasing thoracic kyphosis. The current study was designed to evaluate sagittal correction in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients, using 6-mm CoCr rods and all-screw constructs.

The Indian Basket Trick: a case of delayed paraplegia with complete recovery, caused by misplaced thoracic pedicle screw.

Introduction: Pedicle screw fixation allows purchase of all three spinal columns without encroaching into the spinal canal improving fracture fixation, as well as deformity correction. Fortunately, neurologic injury associated with pedicle screw malposition is rare.

Case Presentation: A 19-year-old boy was surgically treated for severe right thoracic scoliosis associated with a Chiari Type 1 malformation and a C6 to T7 syringomyelia.

How can surgeonfish help pediatric surgeons? A pilot study investigating the antinociceptive effect of fish aquariums in adult volunteers.

Background: Multiple distraction strategies have been proposed to reduce the incidence of anxiety and pain in children. Animal-assisted therapy is acknowledged and used in children as an adjunctive treatment with cognitive, physical, psychosocial and spiritual benefits.

Objective: To determine the effect of fish aquarium animal-assisted therapy (FA-AAT) on pain perception in a cohort of healthy volunteers.

CoCr rods provide better frontal correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated by all-pedicle screw fixation.

Purpose: Pedicle screw fixation is considered biomechanically advantageous in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) correction, because it uses as an anchor the pedicle, which is the hardest part of the vertebral body. The ability of the rod to correct and hold the correction is a key factor in the selection of rod material. The goal of this study was to compare the results obtained by stainless steel (SS) and cobalt-chromium (CoCr) rods materials for the treatment of AIS curves.