Skeletal Injury in the Child

The new edition of this comprehensive classic continues the tradition of offering the latest developments in the mechanisms of injury, the biomechanics of fracture reduction, and an understanding of the potential for healing based upon vascular anatomy and other factors - and correlates anatomy, pathology and radiography of children’s skeletal injuries with a plethora of photographs and line drawings, establishing diagnosis, management, and treatment in a comprehensive and practical manner. Important additions to this edition will be an expansive chapter on management of multiple injuries, management of complications, extensive discussion of soft tissue injuries following skeletal trauma, new diagnostic techniques (especially with the use of MRI), and the use of flaps in children’s injuries. Written by one of the most highly respected names in the orthopaedic community, worldwide, SKELETAL INJURY IN THE CHILD, THIRD EDITION will be an invaluable resource to pediatric orthopaedic surgeons, general orthopaedic surgeons, emergency room physicians, orthopaedic trauma surgeons and residents and fellows in these specialties.