Pediatric Orthopedic Deformities
- 1st Edition - January 7, 2002
- Latest edition
- Author: Frederic Shapiro
- Language: English
Specific operative and nonoperative techniques and their results are stressed. The book is extensively illustrated with drawings, most of which were made for this book, microscopy… Read more
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Description
Description
Specific operative and nonoperative techniques and their results are stressed. The book is extensively illustrated with drawings, most of which were made for this book, microscopy photos, and serial radiographs. The reader learns of pediatric orthopedic deformity in relation to normal and abnormal developmental biology, the worsening of untreated disease with growth, and the diagnostic and treatment interventions required based on the stage of progression.
Key features
Key features
* Treatments are correlated with the pathologic state of the disorder* Discusses disorders from earliest onset to the final state showing how the altered biology leads to progressively greater clinical deformity* Initial chapter focuses on development bone biology stressing a broad based approach involving histologic, gene and molecular, and biomechanical features* Subsequent chapters discuss the pathogenesis of the various deformities, natural history, radiographic and imaging findings and orthopaedic and surgical management
Readership
Readership
Orthopaedic residents and surgeons, radiologists and pathologists
Review quotes
Review quotes
"This book will be a valuable reference in the library of any serious student of bone dysplasia."-THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY (October 2003)
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: January 16, 2002
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Frederic Shapiro
Affiliations and expertise
Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.View book on ScienceDirect
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