Skeletal Trauma in Children

Revised and updated throughout, this pediatric companion to Browner et al.: Skeletal Trauma, 3rd Edition presents practical, focused guidance on managing musculoskeletal injuries in children and adolescents. The text emphasizes the unique aspects of children's fractures in terms of epidemiology, mechanisms, management, and the challenges of treating the skeletally immature patient. State-of-the-art coverage by leading experts in pediatric orthopaedics and musculoskeletal trauma...
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Revised and updated throughout, this pediatric companion to Browner et al.: Skeletal Trauma, 3rd Edition presents practical, focused guidance on managing musculoskeletal injuries in children and adolescents. The text emphasizes the unique aspects of children's fractures in terms of epidemiology, mechanisms, management, and the challenges of treating the skeletally immature patient. State-of-the-art coverage by leading experts in pediatric orthopaedics and musculoskeletal trauma includes growth and development, pathology, complications, child abuse...and almost every possible break from head to toe.

• Addresses topics of emerging importance in chapters such as Anesthesia and Analgesia for Children's Fractures, Pediatric Rehabilitation for the Multiply Injured Child, and Child Abuse.
• Discusses the newly developed technique of using flexible intramedullary nails in the management of fractures to the femur and tibia.
• Includes contributions from many new experts, providing new insights on the latest advances.
• • Addresses topics of emerging importance in chapters such as Anesthesia and Analgesia for Children's Fractures, Pediatric Rehabilitation for the Multiply Injured Child, and Child Abuse.
  • Discusses the newly developed technique of using flexible intramedullary nails in the management of fractures to the femur and tibia.
  • Includes contributions from many new experts, providing new insights on the latest advances.
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