Recent findings related to bone loss and bone healing, among other important topics, are presented in the new JBJS Guest Editorial What’s New in Musculoskeletal
Category: Pediatrics
![Illustration of slipped capital femoral epiphysis](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SCFE.jpg)
In this post, Dr. Matt Schmitz, JBJS Deputy Editor for Social Media, discusses a new study examining the impact of social determinants of health on
![Radiographs of a typical SIGN database case file. The patient was a 12-year-old Afghan boy who had a midshaft femoral nonunion 4 months after failed ORIF.](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/furdock-fig4.png)
A new study in JBJS evaluates intramedullary fixation for femoral nonunion in pediatric patients in low- and middle-income countries. Dr. Matt Schmitz, JBJS Deputy Editor
![Preoperative and postoperative anteroposterior radiographs of the left hip of a 14-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease at 10 years of age.](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/nova_fig2.png)
In a new study in JBJS, Novais et al. note the challenge of treating patients with symptomatic hips after healed Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) given the
![Shaded world map depicting geographic distribution of participant country of residence and income level.](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/carr_fig1_rev_6-15-23.png)
Collaborative efforts to provide international educational opportunities have been part of the orthopaedic landscape for many years. Some of these experiences involve orthopaedic society-funded traveling
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A video abstract is available with the new study by McGinley et al. in JBJS: Faster Rate of Correction with Distal Femoral Transphyseal Screws Versus
![Tibial torsion as measured with 3D reconstruction using CT (panel A) and the mobile application (panel B).](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/min_fig5.png)
Topics of interest, including a new 3D reconstruction tool for the lower leg, infection rates of pin sites treated with primary closure versus secondary wound
![Bar graphs depicting distribution of outcome scores after proximal humeral fracture during adolescence.](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/lahd_fig2.png)
Dr. Marc Swiontkowski, JBJS Editor-in-Chief, discusses a new study assessing the long-term outcomes of proximal humeral fractures sustained in adolescence. Treating fractures involving the physes
![Graph depicting quarterly graft selection for 11,808 patients undergoing a primary ACLR performed in an integrated health-care system from 2007 to 2017.](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/male_fig1.png)
This post comes from Dr. Matt Schmitz, JBJS Deputy Editor for Social Media. He reflects on a new study evaluating the impact of an allograft-reduction
![X-ray graphic of a wrist.](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hnad-Wrist.jpeg)
The relationship between surgical site infection and preoperative corticosteroid injection for various procedures, findings on the long-term effectiveness of corticosteroid injection versus carpal tunnel release