What’s New?! (Apr 2021)

The gang discusses the latest pediatric sports medicine research across all the top journals. Panelists include Neeraj Patel (Lurie Children's Hospital), Dax Varkey (Greensboro, NC), Pam Lang (U. Wisconsin) and Cordelia Carter (NYU). Your host is Carter Clement (Children's Hospital of New Orleans). Music by Eric Nelson and Sparkhammer at Stu-Stu-Studio.

 

From Arthroscopy:

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Nonoperative Management Versus Early Drilling for Stable Osteochondritis Dissecans Lesions of the Knee in Skeletally Immature Patients

 

Predictors of pediatric anterior cruciate ligament injury: The influence of steep lateral posterior tibial slope & its relationship to the lateral meniscus

 

From the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics (JPO):

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear Following Operative Treatment of Pediatric Tibial Eminence Fractures in a Multicenter Cohort

 

From the Journal of Children's Orthopaedics (JCO):

Validity and reliability of smartphone inclinometer applications for measurement of elbow range of motion in paediatric patients

 

Modified Langenskiöld procedure for chronic, recurrent, and congenital patellar dislocation

 

From the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (OJSM):

Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy With Distalization Is a Safe and Effective Procedure for Patients With Patella Alta and Patellar Instability

 

Operative Treatment of Bipartite Patella in Pediatric and Adolescent Athletes: A Retrospective Comparison With a Nonoperatively Treated Cohort

 

From the American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM):

Predictors of Failure of Return to Play in Youth Baseball Players After Capitellar Osteochondritis Dissecans: Focus on Elbow Valgus Laxity and Radiocapitellar Congruity

 

From the Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, and Arthroscopy (KSSTA):

An arthroscopic repair technique for proximal anterior cruciate tears in children to restore active function and avoid growth disturbances