Overview
A case-based, global approach to planning, performing and caring for the patient with limb and spine fractures and deformity secondary to osteogenesis imperfecta (OI)
Divided into thematic sections covering general surgical considerations, principles of extremity surgery, and surgical cases on the pelvis, upper and lower extremities, and the spine
Written by worldwide leaders in the treatment of OI and its complications
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
Keywords
- Bisphosphonates
- Bone grafting
- Bracing
- Brittle bone disease
- Compression plates
- Congenital deformity
- External fixation
- Kyphoscoliosis
- Limb alignment
- Locked plates
- Multidisciplinary care
- Orthotics
- Osteoconduction
- Osteogenesis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI)
- Osteotomy
- Physical therapy
- Rodding surgery
- Scoliosis
- Stabilizing surgery
About this book
This book will help guide decision-making in surgery using biologic and surgical principles to assist the planning and execution of surgery with available resources. It will then provide the surgeon with background knowledge of the genetic, medical and surgical principles necessary to formulate a comprehensive treatment plan, illustrated by varied and complex patient cases from experienced surgeons and clinicians worldwide. Beginning with an introduction to osteogenesis imperfecta and the general care of the patient, the book is divided into thematic sections covering general surgical considerations, principles of extremity surgery, and surgical cases on the pelvis, upper and lower extremities, and the spine, it will incorporate aspects of surgical decision-making, including cultural and geographic factors, to give a truly global perspective on the care of these complex patients.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Book Subtitle: A Case-Based Guide to Surgical Decision-Making and Care
Editors: Richard W. Kruse
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42527-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42526-5Published: 23 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42529-6Published: 23 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-42527-2Published: 22 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 291
Number of Illustrations: 111 b/w illustrations, 95 illustrations in colour
Topics: Orthopedics, Pediatrics