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HA and core decompression (CD) of the femoral head can be used effectively and concomitantly to treat AVN with excellent results, HA allows for excellent visualization of the hip joint cartilage, allowing treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) and intra-articular pathology.

Osteitis pubis is an overuse syndrome characterized by pain and tenderness from the groin to the pubic symphysis caused by exercise [1]. Repeated traction forces caused by the rectus abdominis and adductor muscles attached to the pubic bone cause loading and instability of the pubic symphysis

Patients with early-onset scoliosis (EOS) and spasticity may receive treatment with an intrathecal baclofen pump. We assessed how baclofen pumps are associated with the odds of complications and secondary interventions after growth-friendly (GF) spine surgery for EOS and analyzed infectious complica...

When children focus on a single sport at too young an age and overdo it, they risk both physical and psychological damage.

Use of a psychologically informed video during standard physical therapy may reduce pain-related fear and pain catastrophizing as well as improve function among adolescents with patellofemoral pain, according to published results.

Regardless of patellar height and trochlear dysplasia, isolated medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction yielded  excellent midterm outcomes wit...

Achondroplasia is a rare genetic condition that affects bone growth. It is the primary cause of dwarfism. The characteristic signs of achondroplasia are short stature and limbs that are disproportionately short in comparison with the torso.

Traumatic myositis ossificans (MO) is an unusual complication after muscle injury and is predominantly seen in young adults and adolescents. Pediatric MO cases are even rarer. We report an 8-year-old girl who was diagnosed with a lateral humeral condyle fracture. She was treated surgically, and her ...

Myositis ossificans is an uncommon complication of trauma and surgery, defined as ossifying changes in a non-osseous tissue such as muscles. It happens after tissue injury, with or without fractures. When myositis ossificans occurs around a joint, it can cause ankylosis, leading to complete dysfunct...

Fixation with an elastic stable intramedullary nail (ESIN) is a widely used technique for the treatment of humeral shaft fractures. Ultrasonography (US) is used as an auxiliary tool and alternative to radiography during surgery to reduce radiation damage, but whether it is effective in pediatric pat...