Epiphyseal Growth Plate Fractures

• Main Author: Peterson, Hamlet A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.

The subspeciality of Pediatric Orthopedics is distin- common of which is fracture. This textbook is an guished from adult orthopedics in many ways. The overview of fractures of the physis, and is divided into two most prominent differences are the small size of three parts: general considerations, a...

Table of Contents:

• Physeal Fractures: General Considerations
• Historical Review
• Anatomy and Growth
• Classification
• Epidemiology
• Evaluation
• Management
• Prognosis
• Complications
• Physeal Fractures: Anatomic Sites
• Phalanges of the Hand
• Distal Radius
• Distal Tibia
• Distal Fibula
• Metacarpal
• Phalanges of the Foot
• Distal Humerus
• Distal Ulna
• Proximal Humerus
• Distal Femur
• Metatarsals
• Proximal Tibia
• Proximal Radius
• Proximal Ulna
• Proximal Clavicle
• Pelvis: Triradiate Cartilage
• Distal Clavicle
• Proximal Femur
• Proximal Fibula
• Spine (Vertebral Physeal Endplate)
• Ribs
• Partial Physeal Arrest
• Etiology
• Assessment
• Management: General
• Physeal Bar Excision
• Physeal Distraction
• Physeal Cartilage Transplantation
• Spontaneous Resolution.