Research on spine disorders

• Operative treatment of high-grade spondylolisthesis in children
• Prospective study of scoliosis in children with cerebral palsy
• Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) of the spine
• Scoliosis Outcomes Database
• Managing complex spinal deformities
• Spondylolysis and conservative treatment: is radiographic healing necessary for full recovery?
• Do children with scoliosis and low socioeconomic status present at a later stage?
• Bracing adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
• Prospective study of Scheuermann's kyphosis
• A retrospective analysis of the utility of plain X-rays in the management of low back pain
• Cost analysis of post-operative care in pediatric spine patients
• Dual rod instrumentation with limited fusion for the treatment of progressive early-onset scoliosis
• Operative delay with the use of intravenous Vancomycin in orthopedic spine surgery
• Safety of Vancomycin powder in pediatric spine patients
• The Chest Wall and Spine Deformity Registry
• Use of the O-arm® intraoperative computerized tomography scanner in pediatric spinal surgery
• Pediatric surgical site infections following spine procedures
• Pediatric spine and thorax geometry and pulmonary function
• Acquired torticollis in children: the role of dynamic axial rotational CT scans in the diagnosis of atlanto-axial rotatory displacement (subluxation and fixation)
• Minimize Implants, Maximize Outcomes clinical trial 

Early-onset scoliosis, thoracic insufficiency syndrome and VEPTR research

• Neuromonitoring and growing rods/VEPTR (potential prospective clinical trial)
• VEPTR implantation to treat children with early-onset scoliosis without rib abnormalities: a prospective multi-center study
• Pediatric spine and thorax geometry and pulmonary function
• The Virtual Growing Child 

Research on musculoskeletal tumors and growths

• Functional outcome and complications after reconstruction with an expandable endoprosthesis in children with bony sarcomas
• Identification and characterization of genes and molecular mechanisms causing multiple hereditary osteochondroma (MHO) and related bone disorders
• Center of Research Translation in Multiple Hereditary Exostoses (MHE)
• A novel diagnostic MR imaging sign for osteoid osteoma
• The use of intraoperative CT in osteoid osteomas and osteoblastoma treatment
• A retrospective review of bone and soft-tissue sarcomas
• Chondroblastoma (multi-center)
• Treatment of nonossifying fibromas using percutaneous curettage, intramedullary decompression and grafting
• Thoracic osteochondroma
• Upper extremity tumors in children
• Aggressive fibromatosis in children: a review of outcome management at CHOP
• Fibrous dysplasia/shepherd’s crook deformity
• Jaffe-Campanacci syndrome/neurofibromatosis type 1 clinical overlap
• The treatment of benign lesions of the proximal femur in children: a new classification with corresponding treatment implications

Research on hip disorders

• Retrospective slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) study: prophylactic pinning of the contralateral hip
• Hip reconstruction in cerebral palsy: an analysis of complications and outcomes
• Range of motion of the hip in children: what is the norm?
• Pediatric hip disorders clinical registry and sample repository
• Long-term outcomes after in situ pinning for slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
• What is the natural history, prognosis, and proper guidelines of management in infants with developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)

Foot, knee and leg disorder research

• Intercondylar shelf angle in the normal pediatric knee: what is normal?
• All-epiphyseal anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction: ideal placement of the femoral tunnel
• A natural history of pseudoarthrosis of the tibia
• Meniscal tears in pediatric athletes: treatment and outcomes
• Results of arthroscopic treatment of discoid meniscus
• MRI measurements of normal and ACL-torn knees in skeletally immature patients
• Degeneration of the knee joint in skeletally immature patients diagnosed with a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament: is there harm in delay of treatment?
• Bilateral ACL tears in children and adolescents
• ACL recovery
• Correlation between isokinetic strength testing and functional testing in adolescent athletes following ACL reconstruction
• ACL injury prevention program
• The treatment of benign lesions of the proximal femur in children: a new classification with corresponding treatment implications
• Determining the standard for clubfoot
• Rehabilitation timeline following all epiphyseal anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
• Transphyseal versus independent tunnel placement in ACL reconstruction in skeletally immature patients: is it safe to assume we are comparing apples-to-apples?
• Clubfoot treatment: retrospective review of treatment with Ponseti method and variants
• Sports medicine outcomes: Multi-center ACL Revision Study (MARS)
• Epiphyseodesis of contralateral limb in case of endoprosthetic replacement for various malignant conditions of lower limb
• Accessory navicular

Research on hand and arm disorders

• Acute compartment syndrome of the upper extremity in children: diagnosis, management and outcomes
• Referral patterns of emergent hand transfers to a tertiary care center
• Incidence of MRSA infections after hand surgery
• Shoulder instability and dislocations in adolescents: evaluation and treatment
• Long-term follow-up of gunshot wounds to the hand or upper extremity in children
• Pink pulseless hand (prospective study)
• Diagnostic utility of MRI scans in pediatric wrist injury
• Unstable supracondylar humerus fractures: experience with the “suprone” technique
• Non-operative treatment compared with plate fixation of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures: a prospective evaluation
• Supracondylar humerus fractures in children younger than three years
• Overview of Monteggia fractures/dislocations
• Validation and integrated use of a simulated pediatric distal radius fracture reduction model
• Functional outcomes of displaced distal radius fractures in children
• Factors affecting outcome of supracondylar fractures
• An analysis of T-condylar fractures in children and adolescents
• Radial neck fracture outcomes of patients treated at CHOP
• Radial neck fractures in children
• Medial epicondyle fractures in throwing and other overhead athletes

Safety and infection control research

• Musculoskeletal staph aureus infections in children: a cohort comparison of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive strains
• Retrospective review of intravenous Vancomycin prophylaxis in pediatric orthopedic patients
• An investigation into orthopedic methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (caMRSA) infection in children
• Outcomes and efficacy of multi-modal anesthesia use in children
• Leukocyte esterase strip study
• Safety of Vancomycin powder in pediatric spine patients

Research on other orthopedic topics

• Pain, function and quality of life in patients with neuromuscular disorders
• The Virtual Growing Child
• Relationship of osteochondritis dissecans classification to healing and functional outcomes
• Osteochondritis dissecans in children
• Healing patterns of osteochondritis dissecans lesions on radiographs
• Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: Disease, Treatment and Outcome Registry
• Retro versus trans articular drilling for juvenile osteochondritis dissecans of the knee: a multi-center, randomized controlled study
• Inter/intra-rater reliability in measuring size of osteochondritis dissecans lesions on plain radiographs
• Long-term follow up of treatment for avascular necrosis (AVN)
• Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) cost analysis

Reviewed by: Orthopedic Center