An Eastern Europe and Middle East multinational expert Delphi consensus study on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip before walking age.

Purpose: The incidence of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is higher in Eastern Europeans and Middle Easterners. This study aimed to establish consensus among experts in this geographical area on the management of DDH before walking age.

Methods: Fourteen experienced orthopedic surgeons agreed to participate in a four-round online consensus panel by the Delphi method.

Corticosteroid-Associated Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head in Patients with Severe COVID-19: A Single-Center Study.

BACKGROUND Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head can result from high-dose corticosteroid therapy. Given that severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients respond positively to corticosteroids, this study aimed to explore the incidence of femoral head AVN associated with corticosteroid therapy in 24 patients diagnosed with severe COVID-19 at a single center. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 24 patients who were diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection through real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test (rRT-PCR) and with COVID-19 pneumonia via high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT).

Free-gliding screw fixation in slipped capital femoral epiphysis: potentially growing im-plants for symptomatic and prophylactic pinning.

Introduction: In situ fixation is the gold standard for mild and moderate slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) cases. The condition is associated with a low percentage of avascular necrosis and chondrolysis.[1] The present study examines the postoperative femoral neck remodelling and implant elongation in cases of therapeutic and prophylactic in situ fixation using the free-gliding screw system.

Periostin and IFN-γ levels in serum and nasopharyngeal aspirate in infants with viral-induced wheezing - 2 year follow-up.

Background: The present study assesses the immune response in children with viral-induced wheezing by examining the two factors-interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and periostin in serum and nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA). The aim was to find a pattern with the severity and frequency of wheezing episodes.

Methods: Sixty-nine infants (40 boys and 29 girls), with a mean age of 11.

Skeletal Deformity in Children with Primary Hyperparathyroidism.

Skeletal deformation like genu valgum is reported to be rare in Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). The solitary adenoma or hyperplasia of the parathyroid glands are the cause in 80-85% of the cases. We report 2 cases of girls on 12 years and 15 years of age, complaining from pain and genu valgum deformation of the lower extremities before the planned orthopaedic surgical correction.