Dr. Sponseller from Johns Hopkins joins Peds Ortho this month to discuss his work on long term outcomes and pelvic osteotomies after sacral-alar-iliac (SAI) fixation. Dr. Sponseller shares his expertise on several controversies in spine surgery during our new “stirring the pot” segment, and we highlight recent papers on AIS, trauma, sports medicine, deformity, and infection.
 
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. Music by A. A. Alto.
 
Papers discussed:
 
Mun, Vankara, Suresh, Margalit, Crasta, Sponseller. Pelvic Osteotomy in Patients With Previous Sacral-Alar-Iliac (SAI) Fixation. JPO.
 
Mun, Vankara, Suresh, Margalit, Kebaish, Sponseller. Sacral-Alar-Iliac (SAI) Fixation in Children With Spine Deformity: Minimum 10-Year Follow-Up. JPO.
 
Zloof, Ankory, Braun, et al. The Hereditary Nature of Adolescent Spinal Deformities: A Study of Over 600,000 Adolescents. Spine (Phila Pa 1976).
 
Stavinoha, Randhawa, Trivedi, Dingel, Shea, Frick. The Axillary Nerve Danger Zone in Percutaneous Fixation in the Pediatric Shoulder: The "1-Mountain-3-Valleys" Principle. JBJS.
 
Dahmen, Steman , Buck, et al. Treatment of Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus in the Skeletally Immature Population: A Systematic Review [published online ahead of print, 2022 May 20]. JPO.
 
Gerges, Messner, Lim, Chhina, Cooper. Efficacy and Safety of "Sleeper Plate" in Temporary Hemiepiphysiodesis and the Observation of "Tethering". JPO.
 
Bisht, Burns, Smith, Kang, Shrader, Belthur. The modified Kocher criteria for septic hip: Does it apply to the knee?. JCO.