The new edition of this comprehensive classic continues the tradition of offering the latest developments in the mechanisms of injury, the biomechanics of fracture reduction, and an understanding of the potential for healing. It correlates anatomy, pathology and radiography of childrens skeletal injuries with a plethora of photographs and line drawings, establishing diagnosis, management, and treatment in a comprehensive and practical manner. Important additions to this edition are an expansive chapter on the management of multiple injuries, the management of complications, extensive discussion of soft tissue injuries following skeletal trauma, new diagnostic techniques, and the use of flaps in childrens injuries. Written by one of the most highly respected names in the orthopaedic community world-wide, this third edition will remain an invaluable resource to paediatric orthopaedic surgeons, general orthopaedic surgeons, emergency room physicians, orthopaedic trauma surgeons and residents and fellows in these specialities.

Contents Foreword Robert N. Hensinger, MD Foreword Newton C. McCollough, III, MD Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Anatomy and Physiology of Skeletal Development Chapter 2 Injury to the Immature Skeleton Chapter 3 The Child with Multiple Injuries Chapter 4 Treatment Concepts Chapter 5 Diagnostic Imaging Chapter 6 Injury to the Growth Mechanisms Chapter 7 Management of Growth Mechanism Injuries and Arrest Chapter 8 Biology of Repair of the Immature Skeleton Chapter 9 Open Injuries and Traumatic Amputations Chapter 10 Complications Chapter 11 Fractures in Pediatric Growth Disorders Chapter 12 Pediatric Athlete Chapter 13 Chest and Shoulder Girdle Chapter 14 Humerus Chapter 15 Elbow Chapter 16 Radius and Ulna Chapter 17 Wrist and Hand Chapter 18 Spine Chapter 19 The Pelvis Chapter 20 Hip Chapter 21 Femur Chapter 22 Knee Chapter 23 Tibia and Fibula Chapter 24 Foot Index