Pediatric Orthopaedics
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Device Monitors Activities in Kids with Broken Bones
Activity trackers will help researchers monitor children’s adherence to activity restrictions and incidences of displacement.
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Comprehensive, Early Intervention for Cerebral Palsy
Clinicians from multiple specialties coalesce to identify and provide interventions for a heterogeneous population of affected children.
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Periosteum Finding Resets Conventional View of Spinal Fusion
Study points to true origin of bone healing and how cell transdifferentiation completes the process.
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Advanced Orthopaedics Rescues Childhood for Pediatric Patients
A national thought-leader in the field, Gregory Mencio, M.D., reflects on the most impactful trends in pediatric orthopaedics and Vanderbilt’s recent contributions.
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Cartilage Regrowth Tied to ‘Lizard’s Tail’ Trait
Discovery of mechanism for regrowth earns national attention.
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Evidence for Earlier Timing in Scoliosis Intervention
New study compares outcomes from adolescent and adult surgeries.
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Spine Score Predictive of Intra-abdominal Injuries
New study enables clinicians to connect severity of pediatric thoracolumbar spine injury with internal damage using TLICS scores.
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Novel Target for Rhabdomyosarcoma Found
Study provides mechanistic insight into the function of a critical oncogene in an aggressive pediatric tumor.
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Data Backs ‘Non-accidental’ Referral for Fractures in Infants
New data suggests which suspicious elbow-fracture cases should be investigated.
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Advanced Techniques Give Children with Scoliosis More Room to Grow
Mastery of newer procedures helps surgeons minimize fusion in complex early-onset scoliosis.