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This study found an increase in AC and SCB MTH, LTH, and CTH over time, as well as an increase in SCB LTS and MTS, with a decrease in SA. However, AC of the LTS and SA remained constant, with no significant change throughout growth. This normative data indicate that the LTS and SA of AC are predictors of final trochlea shape in normal development. SY-5609 in vitro Final trochlear morphologic development is nearly complete around age 12 years, with no significant changes occurring thereafter.
Deformity index (DI) and extrusion index (EI) are 2 radiographic methods currently used to quantify femoral head deformity in the active stages of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. This study aimed to quantify the interobserver reproducibility of the 2 methods using a large, international group of pediatric orthopaedic surgeons with diverse clinical experience.

Radiographs of patients (age 6 to 11 y at time of diagnosis) prospectively enrolled in an international multicenter-cohort study, were measured by members of our study group. For each radiograph, the raters independently assessed EI (n=33 cases) and DI (n=32 cases), along with the rater's subjective assessment of the extent of hip deformity (ie, none, mild, moderate, or severe). Reliability analysis was conducted using intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and κ techniques.

The ICC for EI on the affected side was 0.68 (95% confidence interval 0.57-0.79). The calculated DI ICC was 0.53 (95% confidence interval 0.41-0.68). Subjectively, an average of 68±3.5% of surgeons agreed on the subjective description of each patient's femoral head deformity.

EI is measured with a reasonably high rate of correlation among surgeons from disparate backgrounds. Agreement is lower among the same group of surgeons when the more complex DI is used. DI is most useful when utilized by a small number of experienced observers in a research setting, whereas EI may have better clinical applicability.

Level III-reliability study.
Level III-reliability study.
Factors that contribute to the development of juvenile osteochondritis dissecans (JOCD) of the talus are poorly understood. Some authors suggest that a higher loading of the affected zone may be a cofactor in osteochondral lesions. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to evaluate any association between ankle morphology and talus JOCD using morphologic parameters from magnetic resonance images. Our hypothesis is that ankles with JOCD lesions would have differences in the anatomy compared with age and sex-matched unaffected ankles.

We evaluated a total of 75 extremities. There were 22 patients (25 ankles) with talus JOCD lesions, and 50 patients (50 ankles) sex and age-matched individuals with healthy ankles served as controls. Two examiners conducted independent measurements of 8 magnetic resonance images parameters tibial anterior surface angle, tibial shaft both malleoli angle (TBM), tibial axis-medial malleolus angle, anterior opening angle of the talus, malleolar width, tibial lateral surface angle, Maximal tibial thickness, length of trochlea tali arc, and height of trochlea tali arc. Measurement reliability was assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients. Differences in parameters between JOCD patients and controls were evaluated using independent t test. The level of significance was taken to be P<0.05.

Intraclass correlation coefficients demonstrated good to excellent consistency for all measurements. Sagittal parameters demonstrated a significant length of trochlea tali arc increase in ankles with JOCD lesions compared with normal ankles (P=0.015). There was no statistical difference in any of the axial or coronal parameters.

Ankle morphology may have a relationship with JOCD lesions. Future larger studies will be useful for further clarifying our findings, and detecting other potential predisposing factors with clinical relevance and how they can be modified.

Cross-sectional study (Level of evidence III).
Cross-sectional study (Level of evidence III).Raja Ravi Varma's painting "There Comes Papa" depicts his daughter carrying her son astride her hip. The positive implication of the posture of the hips of the child while being carried in this manner on acetabular development is discussed.
Faculty from different racial and ethnic backgrounds developed and piloted an antiracism curriculum initially designed to help medical students work more effectively with patients of color. Learning objectives included developing stronger therapeutic relationships, addressing the effects of structural racism in the lives of patients, and mitigating racism in the medical encounter.

The antiracism curriculum was delivered and evaluated in 2019 through focus groups and written input before and after each module. The process and outcome evaluation used a grounded theory approach.

Three emergent themes reflect how medical students experienced the antiracism curriculum and inform recommendations for integrating an antiracism curriculum into future medical education. The themes are 1) the differential needs and experiences of persons of color and Whites, 2) the need to address issues of racism within medical education as well as in medical care, and 3) the need for structures of accountability in medical education.

Medical educators must address racism in medical education before seeking to direct students to address it in medical practice.
Medical educators must address racism in medical education before seeking to direct students to address it in medical practice.Recent data suggest that students from population groups that have been underrepresented in medicine are disproportionately excluded from admission into the national medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA). This finding, in combination with increasing concerns about bias in medical student assessment, has led some medical schools to reexamine their AΩA selection process and/or their relationship with the organization. The Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago formed a task force to study the schools process of choosing students for recognition and to make recommendations regarding this issue.
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