Lovell and Winter’s Pediatric Orthopaedics

The gold standard comprehensive reference in pediatric orthopaedics is a must-have resource for physicians and residents treating infants, children, and adolescents with orthopaedic problems. Lovell and Winter’s Pediatric Orthopaedics, 8th Edition, brings you fully up to date in the field with new content, a new editor, and many new contributing authors who cover all aspects of basic science, clinical manifestations, and management. You’ll find complete, expert coverage of normal musculoskeletal development and the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of the entire range of abnormalities, with emphasis on evidence-based decision making in treatment selection.

• Features a new chapter on Pain Management in Pediatric Orthopaedics and newly consolidated chapters on neuromuscular disorders and early-onset spine deformities.
• Includes many more contributing authors from outside North America who share their knowledge and expertise in this complex field, as well as new editor Dr. Haemish Crawford from Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand.
• Incorporates full-color, step-by-step, atlas-type illustrations of surgical techniques throughout the text.
• Includes pearls and pitfalls and the authors’ preferred approach in many clinical chapters.

Table of Contents

Cover

Halftitle

Title

Copyright

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

VOLUME 1

1 Embryology and Development of the Musculoskeletal System

2 Genetic Aspects of Orthopaedic Conditions

3 Imaging in Pediatric Orthopaedics

4 The Pediatric Orthopaedic Examination

5 Pain Management in Pediatric Orthopaedics

6 Metabolic and Endocrine Abnormalities

7 The Skeletal Dysplasias

8 Syndromes of Orthopaedic Importance

9 Localized Disorders of Skin and Soft Tissue

10 Diseases of the Hematopoietic System

11 Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

12 Musculoskeletal Infection

13 Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

14 Cerebral Palsy

15 Other Neuromuscular Disorders

16 Idiopathic Scoliosis

17 Early-Onset Spine Deformities

18 Adolescent Kyphosis

19 Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis

20 The Cervical Spine

VOLUME 2

21 The Upper Limb

22 Developmental Hip Dysplasia and Dislocation

23 Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease and Other Conditions of the Hip

24 Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis

25 The Adolescent Hip

26 The Lower Extremity

27 Limb-Length Discrepancy

28 The Foot

29 The Child with a Limb Deficiency

30 Sports Medicine in the Growing Child

31 The Principles of Pediatric Fracture and Trauma Care

32 Upper Extremity Fractures

33 Pediatric Thoracolumbar Spine and Lower Extremity Fractures

Index