TY  - JOUR
T1  - Urban Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgical Practice Audit: Implications for the Future of This Subspecialty
AU  - Tuason, Dominick
AU  - Hohl, Justin B.
AU  - Levicoff, Eric
AU  - Ward, W. Timothy
Y1  - 2009/12/01
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.H.01708
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 2992
EP  - 2998
VL  - 91
IS  - 12
N2  - 
The growth and development of the physis distinguishes the child from the adult. There are historical lines of referral that direct a substantial amount of elective procedures for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and for hip and foot pathology in children and adolescents to pediatric orthopaedic surgeons. Over twenty million children are injured each year, with an incidence of one of every four children1,2. Trauma is the leading cause of death and disability in children3-6. Coincident with an ever-expanding amount of pediatric trauma, many general hospitals have terminated their pediatric trauma services7-9. These factors have resulted in increasing numbers of children presenting to pediatric orthopaedic surgical outpatient clinics and to pediatric hospitals, particularly those with active pediatric trauma programs. Trauma call responsibility has become an important quality-of-life issue for many pediatric orthopaedic surgeons8,10-15.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.H.01708
ER  -