This book provides all the knowledge needed to treat injuries to the pediatric extremities, spine, and pelvis. It aims to enable age-appropriate diagnosis and optimal treatment selection, with particular consideration of the current developmental age of an injured child. A general overview section presents the features of skeletal growth, growth plate fusion, and the concept of non-growth-damaging treatment of pediatric fractures.

 

The well-structured specialized chapters detail the characteristics of individual injuries with corresponding case studies. Thus, the book offers a learning opportunity but can also be used as a practical daily reference to facilitate orientation. Three chapters focus on options for the correction of injuries that have healed poorly. The book offers exceptional value through:-

 

• Classifications of fractures and injuries 
• Schematic drawings of typical fractures with developmental characteristics 
• Structured overview tables for all regions of injury with representation of the fracture types and their characteristic radiographs
• Presentation of conservative and operative treatment options and illustration of all typical situations

Part I. General

Bone Growth and Bone Healing
Types of Injuries
Fracture Classification
Radiological Diagnostics
Conservative Principles
Operative Principles
Specific Injuries (vascular, neurological
General Therapeutic Principles
Part II. Specific Injuries
Shoulder
Humerus
Elbow
Supracondylar Fractures
Radial Condyle Fracture
ulnar Epicondyle Fracture and Elbow Luxation
Proximal Radius
Proximal Ulna
Monteggia Lesion
Forearm Fracture
Distal Forearm Fracture
Galeazzi Fracture
Wrist
Hand
Fingers
Spine
Pelvis
Proximal Hip
Femur Shaft
Distal Femur
Patella
Knee Joint
Proximal Tibia
Tibia Shaft
Distal Lower Leg
Ankle Joint
Foot
Part III. Secondary Reconstructions
Differential Diagnosis to Pathological Fractures and Abnormalities
Overseen Monteggia lesions
Secondary Reconstructions of the Upper Leg
Secondary Reconstructions of the Lower Leg
Limb lengthening
Axis-Correction
Reconstructions of Inborn Abnormalities.