Pediatric foot fractures on radiographs: distribution and predictors of surgery.

Purpose: To examine the distribution and characteristics of pediatric foot fractures on radiographs with respect to age and skeletal maturation, and to identify predictors of surgery.

Methods: This retrospective study included children (≤ 18 years) with foot fractures, who underwent radiographic examinations (2020-2022). Electronic medical records were reviewed to obtain demographic and clinical data.

Pediatric thrower's elbow: maturation-dependent MRI findings in symptomatic baseball players.

Background: Elbow pain is common among youth baseball players and elbow MRI is increasingly utilized to complement the clinical assessment.

Objective: To characterize, according to skeletal maturity, findings on elbow MRI from symptomatic youth baseball players.

Materials And Methods: This IRB-approved, HIPAA-compliant retrospective study included pediatric (<18 years of age) baseball players with elbow pain who underwent MRI examinations between 2010 and 2021.

Identification of fractures on pediatric foot radiographs: do localization cues improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce interpretation time?

Objective: To investigate the diagnostic accuracy and time in the detection of fractures on pediatric foot radiographs marked without and with localization cues.

Method: One-hundred randomly selected foot radiographic examinations that were performed on children (<18 years old) after injury and with at least 4 weeks of follow-up were included. Blinded to history and diagnosis, 4 readers (one each: medical student, pediatrician, pediatric orthopedic surgeon, and pediatric musculoskeletal radiologist) retrospectively and independently reviewed each examination twice (without and with cue, at least 1 month apart, and after randomization).