Dear Colleagues,

I cordially invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of the Journal of Personalized Medicine, dedicated to the individualized management of pediatric orthopedic surgery.

In recent decades, pediatric orthopedics has carved out its own place as a major specialist field with rapid advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of young patients with musculoskeletal disorders.

Correct management can result from factors that affect children of all ages, including injuries, congenital and acquired disorders, infections (osteomyelitis), tumors and neuromuscular, endocrine and metabolic diseases. Surgical approaches in the pediatric population are often complex, not only for the peculiarity of the growing skeleton, but mainly for the presence of growth plates, vulnerable parts of the bone.

Many specialists are involved in either traumatic surgical management or musculoskeletal disorders in children and adolescents, such as neurosurgeons, plastic, general, maxillofacial, ENT surgeons, orthopedics, radiologists and pediatric intensive physician.

The role of the pediatric orthopedist is crucial in the treatment of traumatic and orthopedic disorders. Anatomic disorders may involve the spine and upper and lower extremities, leading to variegate clinical features. Some bone pathologies may involve the gradual misalignment of bones and stress on growth plates during growth. Congenital deformities, such as clubfoot or hip development dysplasia, can lead to major bone development changes, causing severe dysfunction. Some connective tissue disorders can also affect bones, such as Marfan syndrome, imperfect osteogenesis and osteochondrodysplasia. Treating oncological, neuromuscular or septic pathologies is often complicated, requiring thorough competence and great expertise. In many cases, personalized orthopedic surgical approaches are mandatory.

The aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest research on personalized surgical management, focusing on traumatic, congenital, developmental, post-traumatic, neuromuscular, oncological and postinfectious disorders.

Prof. Dr. Vito Pavone
Prof. Dr. Federico Canavese
Dr. Marco Sapienza
Guest Editors

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• children
• pediatric orthopedics
• traumatic disorders
• orthopedic disorders
• neuromuscular disorders
• pediatric orthopedic surgery