Voluntary femoro-tibial subluxations: a benign differential diagnosis in the snapping knee of a child.

Purpose: Voluntary femoro-tibial subluxation is a rare entity predominantly found in pretoddlers. It presents as a dynamic phenomenon with uni- or bilateral audible snapping of the knee, often in a context of fatigue or irritation at the end of the day. The aim of the study was to observe the evolution and recovery in these patients.

Flexed-knee gait in children with cerebral palsy: a long-term follow-up study.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcome of adolescents with cerebral palsy who have undergone single-event multilevel surgery for a flexed-knee gait, followed into young adulthood using 3D motion analysis.

Patients And Methods: A total of 59 young adults with spastic cerebral palsy, with a mean age of 26 years (sd 3), were enrolled into the study in which their gait was compared with an evaluation that had taken place a mean of 12 years (sd 2) previously. At their visits during adolescence, the children walked with excessive flexion of the knee at initial contact and surgical or therapeutic interventions were not controlled between visits.

[Osteoid osteoma on distal phalanx tip of second toe, without scintigraphy fixation].

Osteoid osteoma is a very small painful, benign tumor, located preferentially on long bones. Cases on the phalanxes of the toes are very rare. Pain takes up nearly all the clinical presentation.

ACL reconstruction in children: a transphyseal technique.

The annual incidence of ACL tears is increasing steadily in pediatric patients. Chronic anterior instability causes meniscal lesions at a frequency that increases significantly with the injury-to-surgery interval. Conservative therapy, simple suturing, and isolated extra-articular tendon reconstruction are associated with high failure rates.