Imaging in Pediatric Skeletal Trauma Techniques and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Johnson, Karl J. (Editor), Bache, Edward (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Orthopedics.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Surgical Orthopedics.

This is a comprehensive textbook on imaging of pediatric skeletal trauma. It provides a detailed description of the techniques used and the imaging findings, detailing their clinical relevance. Emphasis is placed on those injuries and their radiological features which are important to the orthopedic...

Table of Contents:

• Imaging Techniques and Procedures
• Paediatric Trauma Radiography
• Radiographic Positioning
• CT
• Ultrasound in Paediatric Trauma
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Nuclear Medicine
• Clinical Problems
• Normal Anatomical Variants and Other Mimics of Skeletal Trauma
• Basic Science of Paediatric Fractures
• Long Bone Fractures
• Growth Plate (Physeal) Injuries
• Non-accidental Injury
• Pelvic Fractures
• The Hip Joint
• The Paediatric Knee
• Ankle
• Foot Fractures
• Shoulder
• Elbow Injuries
• The Hand and Wrist
• The Spine
• Pathological Fractures in the Immature Skeleton.