orthopedics

Spalle strette

M.C. Pellegrin

2015/3 — pag. 189-192

Una strana artrite settica dell’anca

C. Mandato, D. De Brasi, F. Esposito, S. Vetrella, P. Siani

2013/3 — pag. 191-193

The paper reports the case of a 3-year-old girl presenting with septic arthritis of left hip with poor clinical response to treatments. The child had been treated for at least 3 weeks by hip joint drainage and antibiotic therapy based on synovial ...

Osteoma osteoide trattato con ablazione percutanea con radiofrequenze: descrizione di un caso

A. Andreacchio, E. Bailo, N. Sardi, G. Grazia

2009/3 — pag. 189-190

Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a small, benign bone tumour that occurs in young people. The most common skeletal sites are the metaphysis or diaphysis of long bones. We report a case of a 13-year-old boy with a 5-month history of pain in the right femur...

Esostosi della testa fibulare e compressionedel nervo peroneale: descrizione di un casoin un adolescente

R. Fagioli, S. Brachi, G. Borsari, S. Rinieri, E. Gastaldo

2008/7 — pag. 463-464

The peroneal nerve is frequently involved in cases of lesions or entrapment in the lower limb. In literature, only few cases have been reported on peroneal nerve compression by a benign bone growth, such as exostosis. We report the case of a 13 y...

Una zoppia di difficile inquadramento diagnostico

F. De Maddi, R. De Ritis, F. Di Pietto, P. Siani

2007/10 — pag. 667-668

We describe the symptoms in a girl, aged 12 years, who presented hip pain and we analyse the initial clinical picture and its worsening. It needs to be differentiated from septic arthritis, pyomyositis and transient synovitis among other disease. Sep...

Screening per la displasia evolutiva dell’anca

E. Mazzoleni, F. Braga, R. Pelizzari

2007/1 — pag. 51-53

Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) is the most important congenital deformity with regard to its incidence, functional and aesthetical consequences and treatment difficulties. The objective of our study was to evaluate a population-based scr...

Pseudoartrosi congenita della clavicola: descrizione di un caso

P. Meglio

2006/2 — pag. 119-121

We report the case of the congenital pseudarthrosis of the clavicle (PAC) in a female child aged 1 year and 9 months. PAC is a rare disease which is normally present at birth even though diagnosis may sometimes be delayed due to the absence of the ch...

La nutrizione nella patologia neurologica

A. Tedeschi

2001/3 — pag. 158-166

As many as 90% of severely disabled children suffer from nutritional problems. Deglutition problems and gastroesophageal reflux hamper nutrition and cause frequent lower respiratory infections. Malnutrition follows in many cases. Appropriate manage...