Diabetes mellitus in Bardet Biedl syndrome.

Purpose Of Review: Bardet Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare disease characterized by obesity and hyperphagia. Despite the very high prevalence of paediatric and adult obesity in this population, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus is not well described.

Recent Findings: Studies in small and moderately large cohorts suggest a high prevalence of traditional risk factors for diabetes mellitus in people with BBS.

Development and remodeling of the hip joint of preterm neonates in sonographic evaluation.

Background. Recent studies on the developmental dysplasia of the hip emphasize the role of the last trimester of pregnancy in the origin of the pathology. The aim of the study was to evaluate the development of the hip joints of preterm neonates born with different weight and in different periods of pregnancy.

Evaluation of the operative treatment of the developmental hip dislocation performed second year of life.

Background. Both conservative and surgical treatment are applied in the treatment of developmental hip dislocation in the second year of life. Our study to evaluated the results of surgical treatment at this age using open reduction combined with transiliac osteotomy and translation of the distal insertion of the iliopsoas muscle.

[The hip joints of preterm neonates in sonographic evaluation].

The introduction of sonography to the evalution of the hip joint, allowed for the non-invasive examination in preterm neonates and thus assessment of the development their hip joints. MATERIAL AND METHODS. The examined group consisted of 143 preterm neonates with the body weight by delivery lower then 2000 grams (286 hip joints) and the control group of 31 children from term delveries forming the control group.

Hemoglobin A1c in obese children and adolescents who participated in a weight management program.

Aim: The objective of this study was to compare hemoglobin A1c values in non-diabetic obese children and adolescents before enrollment and after completion of a 12-wk weight management program.

Methods: Seventeen children and adolescents, age 10.8+/-2.

[Long-term clinical assessment of the hip joint after conservative treatment for development dislocation complicated by avascular necrosis].

Clinical assessment of 61 hips in 36 adult patients treated in the past nonoperatively due to developmental dislocation of hip and affected with avascular necrosis of the proximal femur has been used as a base to present the fate of these joints. An attempt to relate the of avascular necrosis and clinical symptoms at the termination of growth has been made; clinical and radiographic examinations were compared with each other. At the final evaluation 30 excellent results were found, 20 good, 8 fair, and 3 cases were rated as poor.

[Dynamics of dysplastic hip remodelling during the first month of a child's life in an ultrasonographic image].

Remodelling of dysplastic hip in the first four weeks of life in 51 children treated with abduction diapers has been assessed sonographically. An improvement has been found in every case. The best results have been achieved in type IIIa hips, the worst in type IV (after Graf).