Pediatric Femur Fractures A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hedequist, Daniel J. (Editor), Heyworth, Benton E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.

Bringing together the many considerations and complexities surrounding the management of pediatric femur fractures, this up-to-date, comprehensive book discusses all aspects of these common but challenging injuries, where the treatment strategies are rapidly changing and which have the potential for...

Table of Contents:

• The Pediatric Femur: Development, Growth & Surgical Anatomy
• Radiologic Evaluation of Femur Fractures
• Femur Fractures in Neonates, Infants and Toddlers and Femur Fractures in Child Abuse
• Femoral Head Fractures in Children
• Fractures of the Femoral Neck in Children
• Subtrochanteric Femur Fractures in Children
• Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femur Fractures: Spica Casting & Traction
• Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femur Fractures: External Fixation
• Treatment of Diaphyseal Pediatric Femur Fractures with Flexible Intramedullary Fixation
• Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femur Fractures with Plate Fixation
• Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femoral Fractures with Locked Intramedullary Implants
• Physeal, Epiphyseal, & Intra-Articular Fractures of the Distal Femur
• Evaluation and Management of Pathologic Femur Fractures in Children
• Evaluation and Management of Complications of Pediatric Femur Fractures.