Publications by authors named "Sinead Boran"
Background Parents often access online resources to educate themselves on their child's condition. In-toeing, also referred to as pigeon toeing, is a common paediatric condition that has a variety of causes and is often a cause of concern for parents. With the increasing usage of the internet, parents of children with this condition may look to the web for answers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Torus fractures, also known as buckle fractures, of the distal radius are a very common reason for presentation to emergency departments. Traditional approaches to their management involved immobilisation in a circumferential cast but the evidence now supports the use of removable splints with or without radiological and clinical follow-up. Unfortunately current practice conflicts with the evidence base and there is no guideline which highlights all the evidence as one clear, concise management protocol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The study objective was to prospectively assess clinical outcomes for a pilot cohort of tibial shaft fractures treated with a new tibial nailing system that produces controlled axial interfragmentary micromotion. The hypothesis was that axial micromotion enhances fracture healing compared to static interlocking.
Methods: Patients were treated in a single level I trauma centre over a 2.
Background: Locked symphysis pubis is an exceedingly rare pelvic injury especially in the paediatric population. This study is the first to describe this fracture in a skeletally immature patient.
Case Report: We report the case of a fifteen year old boy who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) after being involved in a farming injury with a left lateral compression pelvic trauma.
Background: The effect of COVID-19 on pediatric trauma rates is still largely under investigation. With the potential need to reallocate human and financial resources at this challenging time, it will be useful to have detailed descriptions of the rates of pediatric trauma and understanding of how the pandemic affects these rates.
Questions/purposes: We sought to describe the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of acute pediatric trauma admissions and procedures performed in a level-I trauma center in Cork University Hospital, Ireland.
Background: Quantitative outcomes assessment remains a persistent challenge in orthopaedic trauma. Although patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and radiographic assessments such as Radiographic Union Scale for Tibial Fractures (RUST) scores are frequently used, very little evidence has been presented to support their validity for measuring structural bone formation or biomechanical integrity.
Methods: In this pilot study, a sequential cohort of patients with a tibial shaft fracture were prospectively recruited for observation following standard reamed intramedullary nailing in a level-I trauma center.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of children whose fractures were manipulated with nitrous oxide with those fractures manipulated under a general anesthetic.
Design: We undertook a retrospective analysis of all children who presented to the emergency department with an angulated or displaced nonphyseal forearm fracture requiring manipulation over a 6-month period.
Patients/participants: Twenty-eight forearm fractures were manipulated using conscious sedation, whereas 27 were manipulated in the operating theatre under general anesthesia.
Introduction: Paediatric pelvic fractures have been infrequently reviewed. The study was performed to highlight the unique features of pelvic fractures in children.
Patients And Methods: A 14-year retrospective study was undertaken of all patients treated for a pelvic fracture at our institute.