Importance Unstable chest wall injuries have high rates of mortality and morbidity. In the last
decade, multiple studies have reported improved outcomes with operative compared with …

Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is a well established surgical technique for limb lengthening
and replacement of bone loss due to trauma, infection or malignancies. Although the …

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Referrals to paediatric orthopedists for physiologically normal
conditions consume limited resources and delay care for patients. The goal of the present …

Purpose Alterations in bowel habits are common during critical illness, and bowel protocols
are gaining acceptance. Our objective was to characterize bowel protocols in a cross-…

Previous reports suggest the application of exogenous BMPs can accelerate bone formation
during distraction osteogenesis (DO). However, there are drawbacks associated with the …

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are recognized for their ability to induce bone formation
in vivo and in vitro. Their osteogenic and osteoinductive properties are tightly regulated by …

Background: Nutritional assessment can be challenging in patients with traumatic brain injury
(TBI), and indirect calorimetry may be a more suitable method than predictive equations. …

Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is a surgical technique used to treat limb length discrepancies,
limb deformities, long bone non-unions and bone loss due to trauma, infection or …

Purpose Pediatric orthopaedic surgeons encounter referrals from primary care practitioners
and pediatricians that are benign in nature or within accepted limitations for physiological …

Purpose Introduction: The Dega osteotomy is a versatile procedure that is widely used to treat
neuromuscular hip dysplasia. There is a paucity of English-language literature on its use …