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Advances in Pediatric Orthopedics

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Orthopedics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2024) | Viewed by 1822

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ludovico Lucenti

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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (DICHIRONS), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Interests: pediatric orthopedics; knee; sports trauma; shoulder; trauma; upper limb
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Dr. Gianluca Testa

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Department of General Surgery and Medical Surgical Specialties, Section of Orthopedics and Traumatology, A.O.U. Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: pediatric orthopaedics; external fixation; trauma

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of JCM on “Advances in Pediatric Orthopedics”. Pediatric Orthopedics is the branch of Orthopedic Surgery that treats children in their musculoskeletal pathologies. This field has been increasing exponentially over the years. New therapies, new technologies, and new methodologies are always present.

We are particularly interested in articles examining new approaches and new treatments for health care at the developmental age. Changes in already known treatments can also play a role in understanding how to properly heal orthopedics and traumatologist pathologies in children.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide an update on current diagnostic and therapeutic lines in pediatric orthopedics, collecting original articles, meta-analysis, and reviews on this field.

We welcome you to submit manuscripts on Advances in Pediatric Orthopedics to this Special Issue.

We look forward to receiving your work.

Dr. Ludovico Lucenti
Dr. Gianluca Testa
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • trauma
  • fractures
  • developmental age
  • treatment
  • childhood
  • advances

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A Novel Minimally Invasive Surgical Technique for Eight-Plate Hemiepiphysiodesis: Description and Evaluation
by Stephan Heisinger, Johannes Sommeregger, Carmen Trost, Madeleine Willegger, Markus Schreiner, Reinhard Windhager and Alexander Kolb
J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13(17), 5197; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13175197 - 2 Sep 2024
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Background: Temporary hemiepiphysiodesis with tension band plates or eight-plates is a common surgical procedure to treat malalignment of the lower limb axis in skeletally immature patients. The objective of this study was to compare a new minimally invasive surgical procedure with the conventional [...] Read more.
Background: Temporary hemiepiphysiodesis with tension band plates or eight-plates is a common surgical procedure to treat malalignment of the lower limb axis in skeletally immature patients. The objective of this study was to compare a new minimally invasive surgical procedure with the conventional procedure and evaluate its safety and effectiveness in order to reduce the risk of hypertrophic scarring, which may cause functional impairment as well as cosmetic issues. Methods: Sixty-five growth plates of either the femur or the tibia were evaluated in 33 patients treated for genu valgum or varum between 2010 and 2017. Each growth plate was considered an individual case. The modified procedure was used in 17 cases and the conventional procedure in 48 cases. The modified surgical procedure is characterized by an 8 mm incision and preparation of the epi-periosteal layer, in which the eight-plate is positioned via a guide-wire. Positioning and implantation are controlled via fluoroscopy. Skin incision length, duration of surgery, revision rate, achievement of a defined correction goal, and correction rate were analyzed. Results: Using the minimally invasive procedure, the mean skin incision length (23.94 ± 10.18 mm vs. 8.75 ± 2.14 mm, p < 0.001) could be significantly reduced. No significant difference was found in regard to the duration of surgery, revision rate, achievement of the correction goal or correction rate. Conclusions: The minimally invasive procedure results in a reduction in incision length without significant impact on the duration of surgery, revision rate, achievement of correction goal or correction rate. Consequently, the modified procedure can be regarded as equally as effective and safe as the conventional procedure. Full article
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