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Pediatric Femur Fractures

A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Management

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Editors:
  1. Daniel J. Hedequist

    1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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  2. Benton E. Heyworth

    1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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  • 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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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Pediatric Femur: Development, Growth, and Surgical Anatomy

    • Collin May, Samantha Spencer
    Pages 1-25

  3. Radiologic Evaluation of Femur Fractures

    • Carley Vuillermin, Sarah D. Bixby
    Pages 27-56

  4. Femur Fractures in Neonates, Infants and Toddlers with or Without Child Abuse

    • J. Lee Pace, David L. Skaggs
    Pages 57-73

  5. Femoral Head Fractures in Children

    • Peter D. Fabricant, Bryan T. Kelly, Ernest L. Sink
    Pages 75-84

  6. Fractures of the Femoral Neck in Children

    • Jaime A. Gomez, Benjamin J. Shore, M. Timothy Hresko
    Pages 85-97

  7. Subtrochanteric Femur Fractures in Children

    • Mark Seeley, Michelle S. Caird, Ying Li
    Pages 99-115

  8. Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femur Fractures: Spica Casting and Traction

    • Charles A. Popkin, Andrew P. Dold, Michael G. Vitale
    Pages 117-132

  9. Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femur Fractures: External Fixation

    • Vidyadhar V. Upasani, Eric W. Edmonds
    Pages 133-141

  10. Treatment of Diaphyseal Pediatric Femur Fractures with Flexible Intramedullary Fixation

    • Karl Rathjen, Phillip L. Wilson
    Pages 143-153

  11. Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femur Fractures with Plate Fixation

    • Mathilde Hupin, Yi-Ming Yen, Daniel Hedequist
    Pages 155-165

  12. Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femoral Fractures with Locked Intramedullary Implants

    • Jonathan Phillips, David D. Spence, Derek M. Kelly
    Pages 167-181

  13. Physeal, Epiphyseal, and Intra-articular Fractures of the Distal Femur

    • Benton E. Heyworth, Michael P. Glotzbecker, Dennis E. Kramer
    Pages 183-193

  14. Evaluation and Management of Pathologic Femur Fractures in Children

    • Bryan Snyder, Megan Anderson
    Pages 195-213

  15. Evaluation and Management of Complications of Pediatric Femur Fractures

    • Marie-Lyne Nault, James R. Kasser
    Pages 215-228

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 229-234
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About this book

Bringing together the many considerations and complexities surrounding the management pediatric femur fractures, this up-to-date, comprehensive book discusses all aspects of these common but challenging injuries, where the treatment strategies are rapidly changing and which have the potential for complications and less than ideal outcomes. Because there may be multiple acceptable treatment approaches to a given fracture, we sought to review the full spectrum of therapeutic modalities. The entirety of the pediatric femur is considered, including femoral head and neck fractures, diaphyseal, physeal and epiphyseal fractures, and intra-articular fractures of the distal femur. Opening with chapters on development and anatomy as well as radiological evaluation, each fracture type-specific chapter discusses the indications and contra-indications, advantages and disadvantages, technical principles and published outcomes associated with each of the accepted techniques, from casting and traction to external and internal fixation. Concluding chapters discuss pathological fractures and the evaluation and management of complications. By channeling the expertise of a broad and accomplished group of authors with extensive experience in both researching and treating pediatric femur fractures, Pediatric Femur Fractures provides caregivers with the most complete and reliable resource when faced with any of the many types of this challenging injury.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Daniel J. Hedequist, Benton E. Heyworth

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

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