About this site

Purpose

Children's knees are not small adult knees. Growth plates, different injury patterns and a long recovery change the questions a family asks and the decisions a surgeon makes. This site sets out that information in two forms: plain English pages for families, and referenced pages for trainees.

The site is published by OmKneeHealth London. The clinical lead, authors and reviewers are named on each page. Where a page still shows "To be confirmed", it has not yet been signed off and carries a visible draft notice.

Editorial policy

• Sources are peer-reviewed studies, consensus statements and published guidelines. Each trainee page lists them with DOI links.
• Every factual claim on a trainee page carries its source in square brackets, for example [Ardern 2018].
• Unpublished unit data and expert opinion are labelled as such, so readers do not mistake them for peer-reviewed evidence.
• Families pages use UK English, short sentences and natural frequencies such as "about 1 in 5". They aim for a reading age of about 9 to 11.
• Figures, doses, timings and citations are not changed during editing. Suspected errors are logged and sent back to the author.
• No figures or images are reproduced from journal articles. Patient images are anonymised and used with consent.

Review process

1. An author drafts the page from the literature and marks each claim with its source.
2. A named clinician reviews the page for accuracy, balance and safety.
3. Families pages are also checked for reading level and for clarity of the "when to get help" advice.
4. The page shows its author, reviewer, review date and next review date.
5. Each page is re-reviewed at least every 12 months, or sooner when important new evidence appears.

Conflicts of interest

[Statement to be completed by the site owner. State any funding, industry relationships or commercial interests of the authors and reviewers, or confirm there are none.]

Quality marks

The families pages are being prepared with the criteria of the Patient Information Forum's PIF TICK, the UK quality mark for trustworthy health information, in mind. The site has not yet applied for certification.

Contact

[Contact details to be added by the site owner.] This site cannot give advice about an individual child. Questions about your child's care should go to their own medical team.