Fundamentals of Pediatric Orthopedics

Author: Lynn T. T. Staheli
Published: April 2003
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN: 0781741254
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 175

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The book contains predominantly color illustrations, with some black-and-white illustrations. Fundamentals of Pediatric Orthopedics, 3e is geared to the everyday needs of primary care practitioners. This best-selling book is a complete and user-friendly guide to the diagnosis and management of pediatric orthopedic problems. Treatment plans are reviewed and illustrated and pitfalls, including normal variations, are discussed. Plus, you'll find evidence-based references to the literature for all treatment plans. The emphasis is on the welfare of the whole child, and parent education information is included. This edition is updated to include a revamped chapter on growth and substantially revised chapters on evaluation, management, lower limb, trauma, and infection. Dr. Staheli (emeritus, orthopedics, U. of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle) provides primary care practitioners with updated information on child growth, and the evaluation and treatment of musculoskeletal problems in children due to congenital deformities, diseases, obesity, trauma, and infection. The final chapter includes answers to questions frequently asked by parents; reference materials may be copied for parent education purposes. Includes some 400 color illustrations, and the prefaces to the 1998 and 1992 editions. In his preface to the first edition, the author proposed ""to make learning the basics of pediatric orthopedics a rapid and pleasant experience,"" and he succeeded admirably. The second edition has been updated and modified, with the addition of new illustrations, updated reading lists, and a completely new chapter on sports medicine. Among the recently published textbooks of orthopedic surgery, this text is unique in that it presents a broad range of information in a format that is easy to access and to understand. The broad range of information included in this text makes it especially valuable to pediatricians, family medicine physicians, primary care physicians, pediatric and orthopedic residents, and medical students. With an emphasis on fundamentals, the author has integrated information on etiology, evaluation, differential diagnosis, and treatment with clinical photographs, line art, and easy-to-read charts and graphs that give a succinct overview of information that would be laborious to follow in text form. The numerous headings and subheadings that divide each chapter make locating specific information quick and easy. From his expertise and experience, the author provides clear and pragmatic treatment recommendations for a myriad of orthopedic conditions in children. A unique aspect of this text is an emphasis on the overall well-being of the child -- physical, social, and psychological -- as a foremost consideration, and the author outlines some ""philosophical and practical"" guidelines for maintaining this primary objective. A special section at the end of the book answers frequently asked questions and even provides handouts that can be copied and offered to thefamily to help them understand their child's condition. In short, this colorful, concise text will be a valuable addition to the library of any physician who cares for children and will provide a quick overview as well as a resource for more in-depth study. The pediatric orthopedist will recommend this text to his or her colleagues as a superb reference text for ""thumb nail sketches"" of the many musculoskeletal conditions that affect children.

Table of Contents
Growth
Evaluation
Management
Lower Limb
Foot
Knee and Tibia
Hip
Spine and Pelvis
Upper Limb
Trauma
Sports
Infections
Tumors
Parent Education
Index

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