xvii, 622 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
CONTENT
I: General / Steve L. Frick, editor -- Quality, safety, and value -- Evidence-based quality and outcomes assessment in pediatric orthopaedics -- Pediatric anesthesia and pain management -- Musculoskeletal infections -- Benign and malignant musculoskeletal neoplasms -- Growth of the musculoskeletal system -- II: Basic science / Benjamin Alman, editor -- Genetics and personalized medicine in pediatric orthopaedic surgery -- Skeletal dysplasias -- Orthopaedic-related syndromes -- Medical therapy in pediatric orthopaedics -- III: Neuromuscular, metabolic, and inflammatory disorders / Henry G. Chambers, editor -- Cerebral palsy–upper and lower extremity -- Myelomenigocele -- Arthrogrypotic syndromes -- Osteogenesis imperfecta and metabolic bone disease -- Progressive neuromuscular diseases in children -- Arthritis -- IV: Upper extremity / Charles A. Goldfarb, editor -- Congenital upper limb differences -- Birth brachial plexus palsy -- Congenital transverse deficiency of the upper limb -- V: Lower Extremity / Vishwas R. Talwalkar, editor -- Developmental dysplasia of the hip -- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis and femoroacetabular Impingement -- Legg-Calve-perthes disease -- Congenital dislocations: knee and patella -- Tibial deformities -- Congenital disorders of the foot -- Rotation and angular limb deformity -- Limb-length discrepancy, limb deficiency, and amputation -- VI: Spine / James Sanders, editor -- Early-onset scoliosis and congenital spine disorders -- Adolescent and idiopathic scoliosis -- Neuromuscular spinal deformity -- Kyphosis -- Cervical disorders -- Back pain, disk disease, spondylolysis, and spondylolisthesis -- VII: Trauma / Jeffrey E. Martus, editor -- Pediatric trauma principles -- Child abuse -- Shoulder, humerus, and elbow trauma -- Fractures of the forearm, wrist, and hand -- Pelvis, hip, and femur, and knee -- Fractures of the tibia, ankle, and foot -- Pediatric spine trauma -- VIII: Sports / Jennifer Weiss, editor -- Ligamentous knee injuries -- Meniscal tears in children and adolescents -- Patellar instability -- Osteochondritis dissecans of the knee and elbow -- Shoulder injuries -- Ankle injuries in pediatric athletes -- Overuse conditions -- Pediatric and adolescent athletes: special considerations