Pediatric Elbow Fractures

1. Chronic Issues of the Pediatric Elbow

   1. Elbow Stiffness

      • Scott H. Kozin

      Pages 225-236

   2. Elbow Instability

      • Scott H. Kozin

      Pages 237-249

2. Back Matter

   Pages 251-257

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This unique text focuses entirely on the treatment of pediatric elbow fractures, which encompass the vast majority of operative cases for pediatric fracture care, and which can be challenging to even the most experienced surgeon. The book opens with a survey of the basic anatomy and development of the elbow, as well as examination and imaging techniques. Both acute and chronic fractures are then discussed in detail, beginning with a brief outline of the epidemiology, classification, and work-up of each fracture, but the main focus will be on providing a master’s approach to the surgical treatment of these injuries, including supracondylar fractures, capitellar shear fractures, elbow dislocations, Monteggia fracture dislocations, and cubitus varus and valgus, among others. Numerous photographs, figures and videos will enable the orthopedic surgeon, hand surgeon, and trauma surgeon to be fully prepared to treat any of these fractures.

• Capitellar shear fractures
• Cubitus valgus
• Cubitus varus
• Lateral condyle fractures
• Medial epicondyle fractures
• Monteggia fracture dislocations
• Olecranon fractures
• Osteochondral fractures
• Pediatric elbow fractures
• Supracondylar fractures
• T-intercondylar fractures
• Transphyseal separations

• Departments of Orthopedics and Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

  Joshua M. Abzug

• St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

  Martin J. Herman

• Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, USA

  Scott Kozin

Joshua M. Abzug, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Departments of Orthopedics and Pediatrics, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Martin J. Herman, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Scott H. Kozin, MD, Shriner’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USA 

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