Dr Matt Ellington from Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics joins the show this month! We discuss pain management for ACL reconstruction and the danger of opioid use disorders, as well as grit scores and Dr Ellington’s pearls for a variety of sports cases. The lightning round highlights the outcomes of THA in pediatric patients, spinal trauma classification systems, and long term outcomes after scoliosis surgery. 

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 Nuvasive. Music by A. A. Alto.

References:

Akazawa et al. Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis at Least 40 Years After Surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2023.

Pascual-Leone N et al. Higher Grit Scores Are Associated With Earlier Increases in Knee Flexion Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Meniscus Repair in Pediatric Patients. JPO. 2023.

Sborov KD et al. Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Scale Can Help Identify Intra-Abdominal Injury in Children Injured in an MVC. JPOSNA. 2023.

Whitmarsh-Brown MA et al. Modernizing Our Understanding of Total Hip Arthroplasty in the Pediatric and Young Adult Patient: A Single-center Experience. JPO. 2023..

Cahan et al. Opioid Represcriptions After ACL Reconstruction in Adolescents Are Associated With Subsequent Opioid Use Disorder. JPO. 2023..

O'Neill NP et al. The Reliability of the AO Spine Upper Cervical Classification System in Children: Results of a Multi-Center Study. JPO. 2023.

Wagner et al. Variability in Pain Management Practices for Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. JPO. 2023.