If your child is in a spica (body) cast, it can pose a series of challenges both for you and your youngster. You may have some questions, like: How long will my child have to wear the cast? How can I ...

June 13, 2012 — Pediatric patients aged 2 to 6 years heal well with a single-leg spica cast. The single-leg cast for femoral fractures has the added advantages of facilitating postfracture patient ...

(HealthDay News) – For young children with diaphyseal femoral fractures, treatment with a single-leg spica cast is safe and effective, and facilitates patient care and function compared with ...

He finally got it in the sweetest way. When Quinn Harper was diagnosed with hip dysplasia at 6-weeks-old, she was placed in a Pavlik harness -- a harness designed to keep a baby's hips aligned in the ...

What's new concerning the cost of treatment for pediatric femoral fractures? Find out in this easy-to-navigate collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts compiled by the editors at Medscape Orthopaedics.

For decades, the treatment for a young child with a broken femur has been the same: a surgically placed spica cast, commonly known as a body cast. But now, thanks to a new study led by Children's ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “At this point in time, I will be surprised if [bracing] does not become something that replaces body casting in ...

FLINT, MI -- Two orthopedic surgeons cast a crash dummy and then buckled it into a car seat at Kettering University's Crash Safety Center. They're part of a collaboration Kettering University and ...

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again… Parents caring for children with special medical needs or chronic illness deserve special parenting awards, extra vacations, and only gold-star treatment ...