The Injured Child. Surgical Management

Rehabilitation of the injured child.

a School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand. b Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. c School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America. Correspondence to Shanthi Ameratunga (e-mail: [email protected]). Several r...

Gradenigo's syndrome--surgical management in a child.

Otits media is a common problem. Some of its complications that were seen frequently in the preantibiotic era are rare today. We report a case of an 8 year boy who presented with earache, retro-orbital pain and diplopia secondary to a sixth nerve palsy--Gradenigo's syndrome. In this syndrome infection from the middle ear spreads medially to the petrous apex of the temporal bone. Work-up include...

Surgical management of a drooling child

Surgical management of ambiguous genitalia in the infant and child.

Proper gender assignment to a neonate born with ambiguous genitalia is a social emergency of the newborn period. Once an appropriate sex assignment has been made, the next critical step is performance, if needed, of a reconstructive procedure in a timely fashion. In an attempt to evaluate our experience with this unique group of patients, we have retrospectively reviewed the course of 69 childr...

Cerebral Palsy and the Brain Injured Child

Cerebral Palsy is a term that encompasses many etiological factors in children diagnosed in utero to age fourteen. Problems may present in utero, peri-natal, and post-natal. Infections, traumatic brain injury, near-drowning, and strokes in children suffering from neurological problems come under the heading of Cerebral Palsy. Hyperbaric oxygenation not only relieves hypoxia but also jumpstarts ...