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Pediatr Radiol
May 2021
Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Canada has come a long way since Dr. C. Henry Kempe first described battered-child syndrome in 1962.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Orthop Case Rep
July 2020
Department of Orthopedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Introduction: Animal bites are a less common cause of pediatric injury. They are rarely associated with fractures in toddlers. Child abuse is the most closely related differential diagnosis in a child presenting with animal bite and it is a serious threat to both mental health and physical well-being of pediatric population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransphyseal separation of the distal humerus is a rare injury. Trauma, battered child syndrome and birth-related injuries are amongst the most common causes of the injury. This case report illustrates the importance of applying proper imaging and analysis to detect the injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pediatr Orthop
February 2021
Division of Orthopaedics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: Fractures are one of the most common presentations of child abuse second only to soft tissue damage, with ∼60% of fractures being femur, humerus or tibia fractures. Although studies have shown increased health care costs associated with nonaccidental trauma (NAT), there is little data regarding the cost of NAT-associated fractures compared with accidental trauma (AT) related fractures. The purpose of this study was to consider the economic burden of NAT related femoral fractures compared with AT femoral fractures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChilds Nerv Syst
September 2020
Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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