Describes how to navigate the most common or most devastating errors and complications in pediatric orthopaedic surgery, combining the breadth of knowledge of academic surgeons with the “‘in-the-trenches” skills of community surgeons
Follows a templated, reader-friendly format throughout
Emphasizes how to recognize and avoid errors, with thorough coverage of preoperative errors, intraoperative issues, and postoperative complications
Includes video clips, clinical images, and MRI and CT scans to enhance and reinforce the material
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Section 1 Pediatric Trauma 1. Proximal Humerus and Clavicle Complications 2. Supracondylar Humerus Fractures 3. Lateral Condyle Fractures 4. Medial Condyle and Medial Epicondyle Fractures 5. Forearm Fractures 6. Complications of Distal Radius and Ulna Fractures in Children 7. Hand/Finger Fractures 8. Complications in Pediatric Cervical Spine Trauma 9. Complications in Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma 10. Complications in Pediatric Pelvic and Proximal Femur Fractures 11. Complications in the Treatment of Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fractures 12. Fractures About the Knee 13. Complications in Tibial Shaft Fractures 14. Ankle Fractures 15. Foot Fractures
Section 2 Upper Extremity 16. Brachial Plexus Reconstruction 17. Syndactyly 18. Complications in Surgery of the Thumb 19. Cubitus Varus/Valgus Correction
Section 3 Spine 20. Complications in the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis 21. Complications in the Treatment of Neuromuscular Spine 22. Congenital Spine Deformities 23. Complications in Kyphosis in Children 24. Pediatric Complications: Growing Rod Treatment
Section 4 Lower Extremity 25. Complications Associated With Management of Septic Arthritis of the Hip in Pediatric Patients 26. Complications of Closed Reduction of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip 27. Complications in Open Treatment of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip 28. Complications of the Periacetabular Osteotomy for Treatment of Adolescent Hip Dysplasia 29. Proximal Femoral Osteotomies 30. Complications of Surgical Treatment of Perthes Disease 31. Complications in Treatment of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis 32. Complications in Surgical Management of Adolescent Blount Disease 33. Complications Associated with Epiphysiodesis and Hemiepiphysiodesis 34. Surgical Management of Clubfoot 35. Complications in Pediatric Flatfoot Reconstruction 36. Tarsal Coalition Resection 37. Cavus Foot Correction
Section 5 Neuromuscular/Congenital Disorders 38. Osteotomies for Osteogenesis Imperfecta 39. Spastic Hip Dislocation 40. Complications of Upper Extremity Surgery for Neuromuscular Disorders 41. Complications in Lower Extremity Soft Tissue Surgery in Neuromuscular Patients
Matthew Schmitz, Chief, Pediatric Orthopaedics and Young Adult HipPreservation, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, USA and Stephen R. Thompson, MD, MEd, FRCSC, Associate Professor of Sports Medicine, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, University of Maine, Bangor, Maine, USA
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