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David L. Skaggs
Traumatic Surgery
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Open AccessNutritional improvement following growing rod surgery in children with early onset scoliosis
We aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of children with early onset scoliosis (EOS) and to determine if treatment with growing rod instrumentation improves weight percentile.
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Open AccessScreening for hip dysplasia in congenital muscular torticollis: is physical exam enough?
An association between congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) and developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) has been established in the literature; however, whether the screening of patients with CMT for DDH req...
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Spondylolysis is frequently missed by MRI in adolescents with back pain
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used in the evaluation of lower back pain in adolescents. The purpose of our study is to report on the frequency of MRI missing spondylolysis in adolescents with back ...
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A new surgical technique for the treatment of supracondylar humerus fracture malunions in children
To report a new locking lateral closing wedge osteotomy used in repairing pediatric supracondylar humerus fracture malunions, which allows for coronal and sagittal plane correction of both cubitus varus and ex...
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Complications with flexible nailing of femur fractures more than double with child obesity and weight >50 kg
Previous studies report that children above the 95th percentile in weight for their age had an increased risk for complications following titanium elastic nailing for femur fractures. The purpose of this study...
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Scoliosis in-brace curve correction and patient preference of CAD/CAM versus plaster molded TLSOs
CAD/CAM technology is a newer technique for creating spinal orthoses than standard plaster molded methods. To our knowledge there has been only one previous study of CAD/CAM braces. The purpose of our study wa...
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Abduction pillow immobilization following hip surgery: a welcome alternative for selected patients
Studies have shown that when using a spica cast following hip surgery in children , there are associated complications such as soiling, pressure sores, and osteopenic fractures.
