Session VI - Pediatrics Friday, October 21, 2005


Moderator: Andrew H. Schmidt, MD & Susan Scherl, MD
Fri., 10/21/05 Pediatrics, Paper #24, 11:35 am

Screw Placement in Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: Is Good the Enemy of Better?

Bobin Varghese, MD1 (n); Mohamad K. Allami, MD1 (n);
Mohammed Al Maiyah, MD2 (n); Peter V. Giannoudis, MD1 (n);
1St. James' University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom;
2James Cook University, Leeds, United Kingdom
Fri., 10/21/05 Pediatrics, Paper #25, 11:41 am

Risk Factors for Avascular Necrosis following Femoral Neck Fractures in Children: A Meta-analysis of 360 Cases

Edward S. Moon, BS (n); Charles T. Mehlman, DO, MPH (n);
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Fri., 10/21/05 Pediatrics, Paper #26, 11:53 am

Does Delay Increase the Need for Open Surgery in Type-III Supracondylar Fractures of the Humerus?

Phil J. Walmsley, MRCS(Ed), Specialist Registrar;
Michael Kelly, MRCS(Eng), Specialist Registrar;
James E. Robb, MD, FRCS(Orth), Consultant;
I. Annan, FRCS(Ed), Consultant;
Daniel Porter, MD, FRCS(Orth) Senior Lecturer;
(all authors e-Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Royal Hospital for Sick Children,
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Fri., 10/21/05 Pediatrics, Paper #27, 12:05 pm

Outcome of Surgical Treatment of Unstable Pelvic Fractures in Children

Ravi K. Trehan, MRCS (*); Senthil Kumar, FRCS (*);
Martin Bircher, FRCS (*);
St George's Hospital, Tooting, London, United Kingdom