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Treatment of Fractures in Children and Adolescents

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. B.G. Weber

    1. Klinik für Orthopädische Chirurgie, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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  2. Ch. Brunner

    1. Klinik für Orthopädische Chirurgie, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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  3. F. Frueler

    1. Basel, Switzerland

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  3. Special Part

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Fractures of the Clavicle and Scapula

      • R. Liechti
      Pages 87-95

    3. Fractures of the Proximal Humerus

      • F. Magerl
      Pages 96-117

    4. Fractures of the Shaft of the Humerus

      • P. Mehmann
      Pages 118-129

    5. Fractures of the Medial Epicondyle

      • D. Pelte
      Pages 130-138

    6. Supracondylar Fractures of the Humerus

      • F. Magerl, H. Zimmermann
      Pages 139-157

    7. Fractures of the Elbow

      • H. Zimmermann
      Pages 158-178

    8. Shaft Fractures in the Forearm

      • F. Freuler, B. G. Weber, Ch. Brunner
      Pages 179-202

    9. Fractures of the Distal Forearm

      • K.G. Stühmer
      Pages 203-217

    10. Fractures of the Hand

      • G. Segmüller, F. Schönenberger
      Pages 218-225

    11. Fractures and Dislocations of the Vertebral Column

      • F. Magerl, Ch. Brunner, K. Zöch, P. Berruex
      Pages 226-243

    12. Fractures of the Pelvis and Acetabulum

      • R. Blatter
      Pages 244-253

    13. Fractures of the Proximal Femur

      • A. Boitzy
      Pages 254-267

    14. Fractures of the Shaft of the Femur

      • U. Saxer
      Pages 268-293
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About this book

There are many textbooks on fractures in adults, but few deal with those in children and young persons. Publications on fractures in children are usually written by orthope­ dic surgeons who are familiar with the problems presented by the growing skeleton. The principles taught in the best known works on fractures in children by BLOUNT (1954), RETTIG (1957), CHIGOT and ESTEVE (1957), EHALT (1960), POLLEN (1973), and RANG (1974), differ from each other only slightly. The controversy which has sur­ rounded the treatment of fractures in adults in recent years has never extended to chi1drens' fractures. Skillful nonoperative treatment of the latter leads to uneventful healing in the majority of cases, which cannot always be said of similar injuries in adults. "Considerable skill" is required to induce nonunion in a child, and its occur­ rence always results from a serious error of management. In the adult, prolonged immobilization frequently leads to muscle atrophy, joint stiffness, and disturbances of the peripheral innervation and circulation. Fracture treatment by internal fixation in the manner originally described by LANE (1894), LAMBOTTE (1892, 1907, 1913), KONIG (1905, 1931), and DANIS (1932, 1949) has gained wide acceptance only in the last 15 years. Since 1958, MULLER, ALLGOWER, WIL­ LENEGGER, and the other members of the Swiss Association for the Study of Internal Fixation (ASIF) have been developing techniques and instruments for the operative treatment of fractures.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Klinik für Orthopädische Chirurgie, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    B.G. Weber, Ch. Brunner

  • Basel, Switzerland

    F. Frueler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Treatment of Fractures in Children and Adolescents

  • Editors: B.G. Weber, Ch. Brunner, F. Frueler

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67271-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-67271-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 408

  • Number of Illustrations: 545 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Surgical Orthopedics, Conservative Orthopedics, Traumatic Surgery

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