Overview
Provides a comprehensive, practical guide to evaluation and treatment of the various common yet challenging femur fractures in children
Reviews the full spectrum of therapeutic modalities, including casting, traction, and external and internal fixation
Discusses indications and contra-indications, advantages and disadvantages, and technical principles and outcomes associated with each of the accepted techniques
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents(14 chapters)
Keywords
- Diaphyseal femur fracture
- Distal femur fracture
- Epiphyseal femur fracture
- External fixation
- Femoral head fracture
- Femoral neck fracture
- Flexible intramedullary implant
- Intra-articular femur fracture
- Pathological femur fracture
- Pediatric femur fracture
- Physeal femur fracture
- Rigid intramedullary implant
- Spica cast
- Sub-trochanteric femur fracture
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Daniel J. Hedequist, Benton E. Heyworth
About the editors
Daniel Hedequist, MD
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA USA
Benton E. Heyworth, MD
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pediatric Femur Fractures
Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Management
Editors: Daniel J. Hedequist, Benton E. Heyworth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7986-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7984-1Published: 03 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7960-8Published: 06 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-7986-5Published: 01 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 234
Number of Illustrations: 115 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Orthopedics, Pediatrics