Recent advances in the management of septic arthritis of the hip in children include a better
understanding of the effects of infection on articular cartilage; improvements in diagnostic …

Background: Symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is associated with hip pain,
functional limitations, and secondary osteoarthritis. There is limited information from large …

Study Design. Retrospective multicenter review. Objective. Determine the definition,
indications, results, and outcomes, focusing on complications of vertebral column resection (VCR) …

Background: The reported prevalence of non-neurologic complications following corrective
surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis ranges from 0% to 10%. However, most studies …

Background: Perioperative surgical site infection (SSI) after pediatric spine fusion is a recognized
complication with rates between 0.5% and 1.6% in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and …

A study of ninety-nine patients who had a unilateral, displaced, isolated closed fracture of
the tibial shaft was performed to determine the effect of the type of treatment on the clinical …

Background: Current literature describing the periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) is mostly
limited to retrospective case series. Larger, prospective cohort studies are needed to provide …

Study Design. Retrospective comparison study of patients who had a delayed infection following
a posterior spinal fusion and instrumentation (PSFI) for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (…

Study Design. Longitudinal cohort. Objective. To determine the minimum clinically important
difference (MCID) of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)-22 Appearance, Activity, and …

Objective. We report the development and testing of the Spinal Appearance Questionnaire (SAQ)
for reliability, validity, and responsiveness in patients with idiopathic scoliosis. …