Fig. 18.1 Clinical photographs of a child with metatarsus adductus. There is no hindfoot equinus; an important differentiating sign from a clubfoot Bleck’s clinical classification [3] is widely used for…
Fig. 11.1 Syndromic knees and hips dislocations The pathology of CDK is similar in most cases with short quadriceps tendon, tight anterior knee joint capsule and hypoplastic suprapatellar pouch with…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Sattar Alshryda, James S. Huntley and Paul A. Banaszkiewicz (eds.)Paediatric Orthopaedics10.1007/978-3-319-41142-2_41 41. Upper Limb Problems in Children with Cerebral Palsy Jonathan A. Baxter1 and Matthew F. Nixon1 (1) Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester, UK …
Results Paper Design Number of patients and treatment Follow-up, details, results Level of evidence Hawamdeh et al.a [26] RCT 60; 20 control, 40 treatment (botox injection to calves; 3 ×…
Comparison Studies No of participants Below elbow cast vs Above elbow cast Bohm et al. [8] 229 Webb et al. [9] Neutral vs Pronated vs Suppinated forearm position in above…
Fig. 33.1 Characteristic aesthetic appearance of Madelung’s deformity Multiple operative treatment options have been proposed, principally corrective osteotomies. However, owing to its rarity, the literature is sparse and there is…
Fig. 31.1 The Mallet score The components of the Mallet score should recorded separately because some of the components can be normal in the presence of severe contractures. Changes in…
Paper Design Number patients Details/results LoE Chandran et al. [9] Retrospective comparative study 12 2 no treatment 10 patients underwent operative treatment (median age in both groups was 5 years):…
Recommendations Grade of recommendation Distal femoral physeal injuries Reduction and surgical fixation is indicated for all distal femoral physeal injuries C Surgical fixation is not associated with an increased risk…
Fig. 2.1 Levels of evidence hierarchy for therapeutic studies Low-level evidence is more likely to be subject to bias. Bias is a systematic error that can make the results invalid….
