Pediatric Orthopedic Deformities, Volume 1 Pathobiology and Treatment of Dysplasias, Physeal Fractures, Length Discrepancies, and Epiphyseal and Joint Disorders /

• Main Author: Shapiro, Frederic (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Rheumatology.; Orthopedics.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.

Developmental biology of normal bone and cartilage including histogenesis, molecular/gene, and biomechanical aspects is updated and expanded. The book outlines the biology of: bone repair with differing mechanical environments; cartilage repair at articular and physeal sites; and distraction osteoge...

Table of Contents:

• Developmental Bone Biology
• Overview of Deformities
• Skeletal Dysplasias
• Bone and Joint Deformity in Metabolic, Inflammatory, Neoplastic, Infectious and Hematologic Disorders
• Epiphyseal Growth Plate Fracture-Separations
• Lower Extremity Length Discrepancies.