Dustin Greenhill from St. Luke’s in Pennsylvania discusses femur fractures, subspecialty consultation before high-risk spine surgery, forearm fractures in obese children, and a variety of hip-related issues from recent publications. Your hosts are Julia Sanders from Children’s Hospital Colorado, Carter Clement from Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, Craig Louer from Vanderbilt, and Josh Holt from University of Iowa. This episode is sponsored by OrthoFix. Music by A. A. Aalto.

Papers discussed:

Greenhill, Allred, Feldman, Herman. Vascular Safe Zone During Percutaneous Pinning of the Distal Femur. JPO 2022.

Greenhill, Herman. Treatment of Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fractures. JAAOS 2022.

Bauer, Sienko, Roy, et al. The incidence of avascular necrosis in children with cerebral palsy after hip containment surgery. JCO 2022.

Visser, Lehman, Armstrong. Does Routine Subspecialty Consultation Before High-Risk Pediatric Spine Surgery Decrease the Incidence of Complications? JPO 2022.

Murphy, Howells, Gallagher, et al. Children's Hip Predictive (CHiP) Score: A Triage Tool for Hip Dislocation in Children Referred With Suspected Hip Dysplasia. JPO 2022.

Lyons, McGregor, Hoyt, et al. Do Forearm Fracture Characteristics and Outcomes Differ Between Obese and Non-Obese Children? Original Research. JPOSNA 2022.

Smith, Block, Eisenberg, Shoenecker, Clohisy, Nepple. Characterizing the Residual SCFE Deformity: Utility of the 45-degree Dunn View. JPO 2022.