Children's Upper and Lower Limb Fractures

Children's Upper and Lower Limb Fractures presents the governing principles in the care of the injured child. The book emphasizes managing multiple injuries and identifying non-accidental injuries in children as essential skills.

This book starts appropriately in considering the principles which should govern our care of the injured child and the background factors which influence fracture epidemiology. Knowing how to manage the multiply injured child and recognizing the one who has been non-accidentally injured are essential skills in our specialty. Injuries to the growth plate are not always easy to recognize and manage but, if we fail to do so, the long-term consequences may be serious. Succeeding chapters describe childhood injuries and fractures regionally. Conservative fracture management has not been forgotten amidst the plethora of newer methods of surgical fixation.

1. Principles of Fracture Care 2. Fracture Epidemiology 3. Polytrauma in Children 4. Management of Growth Plate Injuries 5. Birth and Non-accidental Injuries 6. Birth Injuries 7. Non-Accidental Injuries 8. Fractures Around the Shoulder and the Humerus 9. Fractures of the Elbow and Forearm 10. Wrist and Hand Fractures 11. Fractures of the Pelvis 12. Femoral Neck Fractures 13. Femoral Shaft Fractures 14. Fractures of the Knee and Tibia 15. Ankle Fractures 16. Fractures and Dislocations of the Foot