After decades of unclear optimal management for Seymour fractures, evidence suggests orthopedic surgeons need not treat all of these cases in the operating room.
Research suggests swapping out wire sizes may solve the problem of k-wire bouncing in pediatric patients with oblique supracondylar humerus fractures.
Many children with unilateral slipped capital femoral epiphysis actually have bilateral disease.
A quality improvement project resulted in almost total elimination of cast complications in a busy pediatric department.
Researchers find no differences in postoperative pain measures for patients receiving intravenous opioids and those receiving regional anesthetic.
Shifting from casts to splints for distal radius buckle fractures has saved time and money for providers and families.
