Nemours Children’s Health: Cerebral Palsy Review Course

Nemours Children’s Health: Cerebral Palsy Review Course is organized by Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) and will be held from Oct 25 - 27, 2023 at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America.

Course Structure:
• Multiple short lectures will include comments and questions from attendees.
• Multiple case presentations allow discussion of treatment options.
• Course is limited to 30 attendees.
• Attendees are encouraged to bring cases if they desire.
• Dr. James McCarthy, the director of the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, will be the visiting professor.

Special Focus:
Cerebral Palsy Hip Problems
• Hip surveillance
• Hip dysplasia prevention treatment
• Hip reconstruction
• Salvage options
• Managing hip dysplasia in the ambulatory patient

Gait Problems in CP
• Natural history of gait pathology
• Timing of gait treatments
• Torsional malalignments
• Crouch gait
• Stiff knee gait
• Diagnostic decision making
• Spasticity management for gait

Additional Topics:
• Spinal deformity
• Upper extremitymanagement
• Orthoticmanagement
• Planovalgus feet, equinovarus feet
• Cp – classification
• Bone health in cp
• Cerebral palsy diagnosis

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.