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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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
Table of contents (14 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
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