Weber / Brunner / Freuler Treatment of Fractures in Children and Adolescents

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-3-642-67271-2
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 408 Seiten, eBook

There are many textbooks on fractures in adults, but few deal with those in children and young persons. Publications on fractures in children are usually written by orthope dic surgeons who are familiar with the problems presented by the growing skeleton. The principles taught in the best known works on fractures in children by BLOUNT (1954), RETTIG (1957), CHIGOT and ESTEVE (1957), EHALT (1960), POLLEN (1973), and RANG (1974), differ from each other only slightly. The controversy which has sur rounded the treatment of fractures in adults in recent years has never extended to chi1drens' fractures. Skillful nonoperative treatment of the latter leads to uneventful healing in the majority of cases, which cannot always be said of similar injuries in adults. "Considerable skill" is required to induce nonunion in a child, and its occur rence always results from a serious error of management. In the adult, prolonged immobilization frequently leads to muscle atrophy, joint stiffness, and disturbances of the peripheral innervation and circulation. Fracture treatment by internal fixation in the manner originally described by LANE (1894), LAMBOTTE (1892, 1907, 1913), KONIG (1905, 1931), and DANIS (1932, 1949) has gained wide acceptance only in the last 15 years. Since 1958, MULLER, ALLGOWER, WIL LENEGGER, and the other members of the Swiss Association for the Study of Internal Fixation (ASIF) have been developing techniques and instruments for the operative treatment of fractures.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weber, B.G.

Brunner, C.

Freuler, F.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Casey, P.A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Part.- Basic Histomorphology and Physiology of Skeletal Growth. With 12 Illustrations.- Fracture Healing in the Growing Bone and in the Mature Skeleton. With 50 Illustrations.- Treatment of Fractures in Children. With 13 Illustrations.- Birth Injury. Thoracic, Abdominal, and Multiple Injuries. The Battered Child. With 11 Illustrations.- Special Part.- Fractures of the Clavicle and Scapula. With 15 Illustrations.- Fractures of the Proximal Humerus. With 23 Illustrations.- Fractures of the Shaft of the Humerus. With 14 Illustrations.- Fractures of the Medial Epicondyle. With 10 Illustrations.- Supracondylar Fractures of the Humerus. With 14 Illustrations.- Fractures of the Elbow. With 30 Illustrations.- Shaft Fractures in the Forearm. With 29 Illustrations.- Fractures of the Distal Forearm. With 21 Illustrations.- Fractures of the Hand. With 8 Illustrations.- Fractures and Dislocations of the Vertebral Column. With 13 Illustrations.- Fractures of the Pelvis and Acetabulum. With 10 illustrations.- Fractures of the Proximal Femur. With 2 Illustrations.- Fractures of the Shaft of the Femur. With 34 Illustrations.- Fractures In and Around the Knee Joint. With 42 Illustrations.- Fractures of the Proximal Tibial Metaphysis. With 7 Illustrations.- Fractures of the Lower Leg. With 26 Illustrations.- Malleolar Fractures. With 26 Illustrations.- Fractures of the Talus and Calcaneus. With 15 Illustrations.- Fractures of the Tarsal Bones, Metatarsals, and Toes. With 10 Illustrations.- Amputations in Children. With 7 Illustrations.- Summary.