[Nonspecific sacroiliac joint arthritis in children].

The authors present their experiences in diagnosis and treatment of sacroiliac joint arthritis in 7 children, that were admitted to Orthopaedic Ward of University Children's Hospital in Cracow, Poland in years 2000-2004. The mean age at the time of admission was 11,6 years (6-17). Main complaints given by patients were as follows: affected side buttock pain (3 patients), sacroiliac pain (2 patients) and hip pain (2 patients).

[Avulsion fractures of tibial tuberosity in adolescents].

In this paper data on nine tibial tuberosity fractures were presented according to all types in Watson-Jones classification and one fracture of type IV according to Curtis. Two more fractures were presented that fulfilled clinical and radiological standards of the knee's extensory structures injury, but were not tibial tuberosity fractures. In operative treatment screws were used as well as Kirschner wires or both these devices together.

[The treatment of the hip cotructure with intertrochanteric osteotomy of the femur in children with Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita].

Background: The flexion contractures of the hips affect mobility in patients with Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC). There are only a few reports concerning correction of those deformities with femoral intertrochanteric osteotomy.

Aim: The results' analysis of fixed hip flexion deformity correction with femoral intertrochanteric osteotomy in AMC patients.

[Reconstructions of the teratogenic hip dislocation in childrens with AMC].

Unlabelled: Hip diclocation is the cause of the mobility impairment in children with arthrogryposis. Hip joint reconstruction is a commonly accepted treatment method in unilateral dislocations, but opinions are divided in bilateral.

Aim Of The Study: Hip joint function assessment after reconstruction due to teratogenic dislocation in arthrogryposis.

Outcome after conservative treatment of Perthes' disease in children.

Background. This article presents outcomes after conservative treatment of Perthes' disease according to Staheli's algorithm. Material and methods.

[Results of the operative treatment in Madelung's deformity].

Nine wrists in eight patients were treated surgically between 1988 and 2003 for symptomatic Madelung's deformity. The pain of involved wrist followed by forearm deformation fulfilled criteria for surgery. Closing wedge osteotomy of the distal radius were carried out eight times accompanied by shortening of the ulna (four patients), excision of the distal ulna (one patient), and no ulnar surgery (three patients).

[Femoral head resection in dislocated hip in cerebral palsy children].

The purpose of this study is to assess the outcome of proximal femoral resection in dislocated hip in cerebral palsy patients. Between 1993-2003 we treated 5 nonambulatory patients with quadriplegic form of cerebral palsy. We performed 6 resection of the proximal part of the femur.

[Limb lengthening in children with osteogenesis imperfecta].

The authors operated on 7 children (5 girls, 2 boys) suffering from osteogenesis imperfecta (oi) type I according to Sillence classification, with lower limbs discrepancy. We elongated 10 segments (7 femurs and 3 tibias). Mean age at operation time was 14.

[Operative management of long-bone of the upper limb in children with osteogenesis imperfecta].

The authors present their own experiences in operative treatment of the upper extremities in 24 children with osteogenesis imperfecta (oi) among 141 treated in years 1988-2002, in whom 34 operations were performed. In one subgroup were children presented with bone fractures: olecranon six, humerus shaft five, lateral condyle of the humerus one, humerus supracondylar fracture one. In second subgroup included children with upper limb deformities following procedures were performed: correction of cubitus varus three, humerus osteoclasis two, dislocated radial head resection, forearm correction thirteen.

[Osteogenesis imperfecta--operative treatment on lower extremities in children with osteogenesis imperfecta].

The group of 141 children with osteogenesis imperfecta was treated in Orthopaedic Department of the University Children Hospital in Krakow, Poland. In 77 (54.6%) children from this group, we operated on lower extremities.

[Clinical outcome and assessment of spontaneous remodeling of slipping angle in SCFE].

38 patients, and 45 hips has undergone treatment for slipped capital femoral epiphysis between 1995 and 2000. On the basis of the measurement of the head shaft angle on X-ray examination done preoperatively, hips were classified to one of the three groups--mild, moderate, and severe slippage. All patients had undergone pinning in situ as a primary treatment.

[Subacute osteomyelitis in children].

The paper presents diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in subacute osteomyelitis in children, basing on Robert's classification. The analyzed material consists of 11 children (aged 2 to 14 years) treated between 1990 and 2000. Particular attention was given to signs and symptoms before full diagnosis, the clinical picture and to laboratory findings.

[Fractures of the tibia's intercondylar eminentia in children].

We have described management in tibia's intercondylar eminentia fractures in children, based on own data and review of the contemporary bibliography. The data contain 16 children from 6 to 14 years of age with all Meyers' and McKeever' fractures types. Type I and II fractures can be treated conservatively.

[Seatbelt syndrome].

The authors review reference publications and discuss diagnostic intricacies in a case of a 7 year old boy with seatbelt syndrome. The syndrome concerns most commonly children aged 4 to 9 years. It results from injuries in communication accidents--and actuation of two-point seatbelts.