Children’s orthopaedics

The October 2026 Children’s orthopaedics Roundup 360 looks at: Should infants have a CT or MRI following a change of hip spica?; Is it necessary to pre-bend elastic nails when fixing forearm fractures?; Valgus malignment in children with ACL injuries; Contemporary rates of femoral nerve palsy for infants treated in a brace for DDH; Post-traumatic stress disorder in children following bony injuries; The cost effectiveness of selective, universal, or no screening for DDH in the NHS; Who let the dogs in? Animal therapy to reduce pain during pin removal in clinic; Contrast-enhanced ultrasound to measure intraoperative femoral head perfusion in infants.