Description
This is a comprehensive textbook on the imaging of pediatric skeletal trauma. It gives radiologists and pediatric surgeons a detailed description of the techniques used as well as examples of the imaging findings and details of their clinical relevance. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field and includes a wealth of illustrations. The book provides invaluable advice on those features which will affect the orthopedic management of a child. Imaging Techniques and Procedures.- Paediatric Trauma Radiography.- Radiographic Positioning.- CT.- Ultrasound in Paediatric Trauma.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Nuclear Medicine.- Clinical Problems.- Normal Anatomical Variants and Other Mimics of Skeletal Trauma.- Basic Science of Paediatric Fractures.- Long Bone Fractures.- Growth Plate (Physeal) Injuries.- Non-accidental Injury.- Pelvic Fractures.- The Hip Joint.- The Paediatric Knee.- Ankle.- Foot Fractures.- Shoulder.- Elbow Injuries.- The Hand and Wrist.- The Spine.- Pathological Fractures in the Immature Skeleton.
