Biomechanics of Distal Radius Fractures
Key Points • The ideal classification meets three objectives: to describe the lesion, to guide treatment choice, and to predict the functional outcome. • An example of such is the…
Principles of Evidence-Based Management of Distal Radius Fractures
Key Points • Evidence-based management requires combination of the best evidence with patient values and provider preferences to make treatment decisions. • The practice of evidence-based management involves question formulation,…
Epidemiology of Distal Radius Fractures
Key Points • Distal radius fractures primarily affect children, young adults, and the elderly. • The incidence of distal radius fractures is increasing worldwide. • Understanding the epidemiology of distal…
Surgical Treatment for Symptomatic Osgood-Schlatter Disease
Surgical Treatment for Symptomatic Osgood-Schlatter Disease Alec A. Macaulay Benton E. Heyworth INTRODUCTION In 1903, Robert Osgood and Carl Schlatter independently published reports describing the clinical entity that now bears…
Applications of Implant-Mediated Guided Growth in Pediatric Knee Surgery
Applications of Implant-Mediated Guided Growth in Pediatric Knee Surgery Jonathan D. Haskel Yong-Woon Shin Daniel W. Green PRINCIPLES Lower extremity angular alignment changes predictably under physiologic conditions during early human…
Surgical Treatment of Growth Arrest
Surgical Treatment of Growth Arrest Lauren E. LaMont Emily R. Dodwell OVERVIEW Growth arrest typically occurs due to some traumatic insult to the physis. Multiple etiologies may cause this insult…
Assessment of Growth Remaining in the Skeletally Immature Patient
Assessment of Growth Remaining in the Skeletally Immature Patient James F. Mooney III INTRODUCTION Assessment of growth remaining in the long bones of children and adolescents is of great importance…
Diagnostic Imaging of the Physis
Diagnostic Imaging of the Physis Shari T. Jawetz Parina H. Shah Hollis G. Potter Physeal injuries are common in the pediatric population and injury can impart significant morbidity, with the…
Growth Plate Anatomy
Growth Plate Anatomy Hannah-Noemi Ladenhauf Gerd Seitlinger THE DEVELOPMENT OF BONE During fetal development, three distinct ways of differentiation of the skeleton have been described. Somites, bilaterally paired blocks of…
Tibial Spine/Anterior Cruciate Ligament Avulsion Fractures Overview Technique Suture
Tibial Spine/Anterior Cruciate Ligament Avulsion Fractures Overview Technique Suture Itai Gans Theodore J. Ganley TREATMENT It is important to review and know the Meyers and McKeever classification system for tibial…
