Imaging of Pediatric Bone and Joint Trauma

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Martino, Fabio (Editor), Defilippi, Claudio (Editor), Caudana, Roberto (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Forensic medicine.; Maternal and child health services.; Radiology.; Orthopedics.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Forensic Medicine.; Maternal and Child Health.
• Physical Description: XVII, 209 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9788847016552

Imagingof Pediatric Bone and Joint Trauma is a multiauthored work dealing comprehensivelywith the various aspects of imaging of pediatric musculoskeletal trauma. Thebook is ideally subdivided in three main sections: an overview of traumaticlesions; imaging of traumatic injuries according to body region; typical traumaticinjuries of early infancy. This latter section also presents a review of thelegal aspects of dealing with child abuse (with specific focus on the ‘batteredchild’), including current international medico-legal guidelines. The book’sdidactic approach and its wide-ranging account of the subject makes it of valueto practitioners from the full range of disciplines involved in the diagnosis andmanagement of pediatric bone and joint trauma.