The second edition of The Growing Spine has been extensively revised to cover recent advances in knowledge and management. The book is intended as a comprehensive, one-stop reference for specialists and health professionals who care for young children with spinal deformities. In addition, it will effectively help to standardize the care of these patients. Depending on the etiology, children with spinal deformities are often cared for by multiple specialists, including pediatricians, pediatric orthopaedists or orthopaedic spine surgeons, neurologists, pediatric surgeons, pediatric neurosurgeons, oncologists, and pulmonologists. The multidisciplinary nature of care is reflected in The Growing Spine , which will be of value for all involved practitioners rather than just orthopaedic specialists. It will also be an ideal reference for nurses, physical therapists, and healthcare professionals in training, who are usually unfamiliar with spinal deformities in children.

Embryology and Anatomy

Normal Growth of the Spine and Thorax
Biomechanics in the Growing Spine
Genetics
New Classification System
Clinical Evaluation
Normal Lung growth and Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome
Imaging of The Growing Spine
Back Pain in Children
Pediatric Spinal Infections
PostOp Infections
Management of Spine Tumors in Young Children
Intraspinal Pathology
Pediatric Spine Trauma
Sports and Sports Related Injuries
Spinal Deformity in Metabolic Disorders
Spinal Manifestations of the Skeletal Dysplasias
Syndromic Spinal Deformities in the Growing Child
Idiopathic Scoliosis: Infantile and Juvenile
Congenital Scoliosis
Treatment of Spinal Deformity in Cerebral Palsy
Myelodsplasia
Spinal Dysraphism
Other Neuromuscular Diseases
Neurofibromatosis
Sagittal Plane Alignment and Deformities
Spondylolisthesis
Casting for Early Onset Scoliosis
Orthotic Management for (I-EOS) Infantile and Juvenile Scoliosis
Halo-Gravity Traction
Crankshaft Phenomena Following Spinal Fusion in the Growing Child
Convex Growth Arrest for Congenital Scoliosis
Surgical management of Kyphosis in Myelomeningocele
Hemivertebrectomy
Vertebral Osteotomy
Vertebral Resection
Growing Rods
VEPTR Expansion Thoracoplasty
Revision Spine Surgery in the Growing Child
Anesthetic Considerations In the growing children and repetitive anesthesia
Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring During Corrective Spine Surgery in the Growing Child
Nursing Care
Long- Term Effects of Instrumented Fusion in Growing Children
Outcomes in Children with Early Onset Scoliosis
Current Basic Science Research in Growth Modulation and Future Outlook
Spinal External Fixation
Growth Guided Instrumentation
Hybrid Distraction-Based Growing Rods.