Pediatric Orthopedics in Practice

• Main Author: Hefti, Fritz (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Pediatrics.; Physiotherapy.; Medicine & Public Health.

This book communicates the latest findings in pediatric orthopedics and answers key everyday questions in the field in an informative, readily understandable manner. The scope is comprehensive, encompassing all aspects of diagnosis and therapy. After an opening section on basic principles, the two m...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Principles: General
• Diagnosis
• Development of the musculoskeletal system. Diseases and injuries by site: Spine, trunk
• Pelvis, hips and thighs
• Knee and lower leg
• Foot and ankle
• Upper extremities. Systematic aspects of musculo-skeletal disorders: Traumatology - basic principles
• Axes and lengths
• Infections
• Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
• Tumors
• Hereditary diseases
• Neuro-orthopaedics.