Orthopedic Equipment

Lussazione atlanto-epistrofea e sindrome di Down: un binomio da non dimenticare

Merli G, Marino S, Mannarà UM, Certo F, Millesoli MS, Migliore A, Testaì MA, Berto VM, La Spina M

2026/2 — pag. 39-40 — DOI

A 6-year-old girl with Down syndrome presented with persistent torticollis and sudden neurological deficits. CT and MRI scans diagnosed an atlanto-axial dislocation (C1-C2) with severe spinal cord compression. Conservative treatment using traction an...

C’è scoliosi e scoliosi…

Pontrandolfo M.

2025/7 — pag. 462-464 — DOI

A 6-year-old girl was diagnosed with scoliosis during a routine check-up. Imaging revealed a paravertebral mass at the D5-D8 level, diagnosed as a mature ganglioneuroma, which was successfully removed. The scoliosis, considered secondary to the mass,...

Una storia che zoppica

Lambertini AG, Falcioni A, Mambell L, Farneti C, Chiaravalloti A, Foschi N, Marchetti F

2021/6 — pag. 379-382 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 5-year-old boy who presented with Perthes’ Disease with a long and underhand history of persistent coxalgia, which later became bilateral. Therefore, the main clinical data were reviewed with a particular focus on the ...

Ginocchio valgo punto per punto: quello che deve sapere il pediatra

Genovese MRL, Vittoria F, Grasso R, Barbi E, Carbone M

2021/5 — pag. 303-307 — DOI

Knee valgus is one of the most frequent paediatric orthopaedic problems based on the evaluation by the paediatricians. Most cases are physiological variants that resolve spontaneously with growth, however pathological cases require surgical treatment...

Petto carenato in un adolescente

F. Pederiva

2019/3 — pag. 46-46

La gestione del piede torto

A.M.C. Galimberti, D. Dibello, V. Di Carlo, M. Carbone, E. Barbi

2019/2 — pag. 109-111

Club foot (also called talipes equinovarus) is the commonest foot congenital malformation. It affects 1-2/1,000 of live births, showing a ratio M:F of 2:1 and a predominant distribution in the developing countries (80%). It is a complex and bilater...

La tossina botulinica nel trattamento della spasticità in bambini affetti da paralisi cerebrale

P. Maltoni, P. Cianci, E. Valletta, A. Selicorni, L. Piccinini

2017/6 — pag. 377-383

Botulinum toxin (BoNT) is a powerful rehabilitative instrument used for the focal treatment of spasticity, described in the literature as efficacious and safe, also during developmental age, particularly in patients with cerebral palsy. Used in syn...

Apparecchio gessato e voli d’agostoAllergia all’uovo e rigurgiti/vomiti

2017/2 — pag. 125

Piede piatto flessibile: una revisione critica

S. Lazzeri

2016/8 — pag. 501-505

Flexible flatfoot in children is very common and children are frequently referred to the paediatric orthopaedic surgeon. Most of these patients are asymptomatic, yet they receive treatment although recent systematic reviews conclude that the eviden...

Il percorso decisionale nella scoliosi

F. D’Osualdo, S. Schierano, E. Battistuzzi, S. Specogna

2016/2 — pag. 103-110

Background - Adolescent scoliosis occurs in 2% of the young aged between 10 and 16; only 10% usually get worse and this poses the problem of an early identification of evolutive cases and of avoiding unnecessary treatment in the majority of cases. ...

Bacchette magiche e gluten sensitivity Il cortisone non previene la nefropatia della Schoenlein-Henoch Ragazzi che non si vogliono bene Fossetta pilonidale: eco sì, eco no Busto e scoliosi: per la prima volta alla prova dell’evidenza Malformazioni, mortalità e consanguineità parentale Avete visto mai?

2013/9 — pag. 555-556

Diagnosi di celiachia Scoliosi idiopatica: trattamento Screening neonatali

2013/7 — pag. 467

Piede piatto e plantari

G. Taglialavoro

2004/11 — pag. 689

The essential or “weak” flatfoot, under 6 years, is always asymptomatic. Between 6 and 13 years, a few cases may become symptomatic and require treatment. In adult age, the asymptomatic flatfoot should be considered a physiological variant and in m...

Il piede piatto e l’ansia della prevenzione

G. Taglialavoro, G. Maranzana, G. Longo

2001/8 — pag. 537-540

La paralisi cerebrale infantile: moderni orientamenti in ortopedia riabilitativa

T. Carletti, M. Galli, F. Motta

2001/3 — pag. 162-166

Gross motor impairment and functional disability is a constant component of cerebral palsy. Over time, hypertonia or hypotonia may cause bone deformities and joint dislocations, which cause further impairment and functional problems. Quantitative f...

Piede torto: equino-varo-supinato

D. Bello

1999/7

Il piede piatto:metodica incruenta per la sua correzione

A. Lepore, A. Colucci, F. Pettrone, A. Vozza, M. Indolfi, I. Renna

1999/7

Lussazione congenita dell'ancaIl caso

D. Bello

1999/7

Il piede piatto. metodica incruenta per la sua correzione precoce

A. Lepore, A. Colucci, F. Petrone, A. Vozza, M. Indolfi, I. Rendina

1999/7 — pag. 403-404

Una scoliosi da operare

D. Bello

1999/4

Da piede lasso a piede piatto. l’uso del calcaneo-stop

1998/7 — pag. 446

La displasia evolutiva dell’anca

G. Atti, P. Farina, P. Varni

1998/7 — pag. 431-438

Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) describes a wide range of hip abnormalities, from a shallow acetabulum to a dislocated hip. The abnormality can be present at birth but also occur at later stages. Without therapy, patients with completel...