This past year has seen an increase in the quality of studies in pediatric orthopaedics, and the completion of BrAIST demonstrated that high-level studies of important questions can be addressed in pediatric orthopaedics. The current commitment of improving quality of care for children promises a healthy future for pediatric orthopaedics.

Pediatric orthopaedic surgeons commonly interact with PM&R specialists as part of the rehabilitation team. This invited communication is intended to present the residency and fellowship education requirements for a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon and give a review of current work-force issues. Pediatric orthopaedic and PM&R collaboration may be in an acute setting, e.g., post injury or post surge...

The rate at which the field of internal medicine is advancing certainly necessitates a text that is both complete and up to date. While there are many such texts on the market, The Textbook of Internal Medicine seems to be a refreshing new addition to the ones available. Its depth of coverage and novel style will most certainly allow it to find a niche in an environment heavily populated by int...

The mature musculoskeletal system is the end result of a highly ordered, coordinated sequence of cellular and extracellular matrix events initiated early in embryonic life and continued to skeletal maturity. These events include transformation of undifferentiated mesenchymal tissue into bone, cartilage, synovium, tendon, ligaments, and muscle, and integration of these tissues to form the muscul...

1Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology / Comprehensive Cancer Centre Freiburg, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br., Germany; 2Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br., Germany; 3Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Department for Nuclear Medicine , University Hospitaol Basle, Basle, Switzerland; 4Children’s Hosp...

The outbreak of a novel coronavirus, referred to as coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), with its sentinel case in Wuhan,China, in December 2019, has spread rapidly around the globe. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization(WHO) declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic, which led to most countries implementing social distancingprotocols. Most non-essential medical practice...