Handbook of Pediatric Orthopedics 2nd Revised edition

Sponseller (children's orthopedics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) offers a concise handbook for orthopedic surgeons, residents, students, and fellows to the diagnosis and treatment of common and uncommon pediatric problems involving disorders of skeletal growth and development, skeletal syndromes and systemic disorders, neuromuscular disorders, and trauma. After a chapter on anatomy and normal development, he reviews various conditions, their signs and symptoms, features, differential diagnosis, imaging, and treatment guidelines and algorithms, as well as normal values and medications, common procedures, basic principles, technical skills, and standards of care. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Handbook of Pediatric Orthopedics -- now in a fully updated Second Edition -- encapsulates everything an orthopedic surgeon needs to know to make rapid diagnoses and quickly plan treatment for the gamut of common and uncommon pediatric orthopedic problems. The author, a well-respected authority in the field, provides only the most pertinent information on the developmental, genetic, and neurologic etiology of the various conditions. A full chapter concentrates exclusively on core treatment guidelines and algorithms for pediatric trauma management. Each chapter presents information on basic principles, technical skills, and standards of care in an easy-to-reference list format that allows the busy practitioner quick access to key information and thus facilitates faster diagnoses. Features * Compiles new data on blocks, traction, special casts, aspiration, and arthogram interpretation * Includes 164 drawings, graphs, and charts illustrate important concepts * Provides must-know radiographic parameters and clinical tips for key developmental disorders * Reviews difficult-to-remember levels of innervation, including for the brachial plexus * Numerous charts conveniently list medications and dosages based on weight, route, and frequency * Helpful graphs track growth predictions for each region of the skeleton Orthopedic surgeons, residents, or fellows will refer to this highly practical pocket guide on a daily basis. Clinicians, residents, or fellows in pediatrics will also appreciate its brevity and up-to-date coverage.

Best suited to the needs of residents and advanced medical students...the references are relevant...a thoughtfully revised update of a very useful handbook. The bibliographic references are useful and appropriately succinct.--Doody's Review

Foreword		ix
Peter O. Newton
Preface		xi
Contributors		xiii
1 Anatomy and Normal Development in Children		1	(54)
Paul D. Sponseller
2 Disorders of Skeletal Growth and Development		55	(79)
Paul D. Sponseller
3 Skeletal Syndromes and Systemic Disorders in Pediatric Orthopedics		134	(30)
Paul D. Sponseller
4 Neuromuscular Disorders in Pediatric Orthopedics		164	(10)
Paul D. Sponseller
Thomas O. Crawford
5 Pediatric Trauma		174	(36)
Paul D. Sponseller
6 Normal Values and Medications		210	(14)
Paul D. Sponseller
Philip R. Neubauer
7 Common Procedures		224	(23)
Paul D. Sponseller
Index		247

Professor and Head, Childrens Orthopaedics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA