Paediatric Orthopaedic Diagnosis Asking the Right Questions /

• Main Authors: Joseph, Benjamin (Author), Robb, James (Author), Loder, Randall T. (Author), Torode, Ian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.

The book presents a problem-based, rational approach to the diagnosis of orthopaedic problems in children. It is divided into five sections based on the age at which specific problems may be encountered; the newborn, the neonate and infant, the toddler and the pre-school child, the child in the scho...

Table of Contents:

• The  deformed hip
• The deformed femur
• The deformed knee
• The bowed tibia
• The deformed foot
• The inverted foot
• The everted foot
• The deformed shoulder
• The deformed elbow
• The deformed wrist
• The deformed spine
• Anomalies of fingers or toes
• Absence of digits of the hands or feet
• Duplication of fingers
• Duplication of toes
• Deformities of the fingers or toes
• Limb length inequality at birth
• Abnormal body proportions or dwarfism evident at birth
• Decreased movement of an upper or lower limb in the neonate
• Deformities of the neck and limitation of movement of the neck
• The child with multiple deformities
• Acquired deformities of the knee
• In-toeing gait and out-toeing gait
• Toe walking
• The flat foot
• The child with a painless limp
• The delayed walker
• Deformities and limitation of movements of the shoulder girdle
• Deformities and limitation of motion of the forearm
• Deformities and limitation of movements of the wrist
• Brittle bones and frequent fractures
• The child with a painful limp
• The painful hip
• Short stature and altered body proportions
• Gigantism
• Acquired limb length inequality
• The painful hip in adolescence
• The painful knee in adolescence
• The painful foot adolescence.