Background: In children, acute leukemia (AL) at presentation can mimic several orthopaedic
pathologies, so that a variable delay of the correct diagnosis is often reported. Methods: To …

To compare the prognostic value of the Catterall and Herring classification, 32 patients, treated
without surgery for unilateral Perthes diseases, were reviewed and classified at skeletal …

Fifty-six patients with 72 duplicated toes were analysed. Postaxial duplication accounted for
79%, and the most common anatomical pattern was duplication of the proximal phalanx with …

Massive osteolysis of the humerus occurred in a 19-year-old male. The lesion was successfully
treated with an autogenous fibular shaft transplant. During the 20-year follow-up period, …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the longterm efficacy and safety of arthroscopic synovectomy (AS)
in children with oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS: Patients with …

Obstetric traumatic separation of the distal humeral epiphysis is a very uncommon injury, which
presents a diagnostic challenge. These case serials reviewed the functional outcomes of …

Purpose This study was performed to develop a standardized methodology for the
sonographic assessment of clubfoot at birth and at the end of both conservative treatment and …

Background Angiodysplastic lesions of the extremities are very often of great interest for the
orthopedist, involving not only bones with length discrepancy, but also joints with …

Primary re-excision (PRE) is a wide, non-mutilating procedure carried out in patients with
soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) when microscopic residuals are left after initial excision or when …

It is controversial as to whether osteotomy, by restoring a more normal pelvic anatomy, might
improve the final outcome of bladder exstrophy (BE) repairs. We compared the functional …