Pediatric Femur Fractures

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. The Pediatric Femur: Development, Growth, and Surgical Anatomy

   • Collin May, Samantha Spencer

   Pages 1-25

3. Radiologic Evaluation of Femur Fractures

   • Carley Vuillermin, Sarah D. Bixby

   Pages 27-56

4. Femur Fractures in Neonates, Infants and Toddlers with or Without Child Abuse

   • J. Lee Pace, David L. Skaggs

   Pages 57-73

5. Femoral Head Fractures in Children

   • Peter D. Fabricant, Bryan T. Kelly, Ernest L. Sink

   Pages 75-84

6. Fractures of the Femoral Neck in Children

   • Jaime A. Gomez, Benjamin J. Shore, M. Timothy Hresko

   Pages 85-97

7. Subtrochanteric Femur Fractures in Children

   • Mark Seeley, Michelle S. Caird, Ying Li

   Pages 99-115

8. Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femur Fractures: Spica Casting and Traction

   • Charles A. Popkin, Andrew P. Dold, Michael G. Vitale

   Pages 117-132

9. Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femur Fractures: External Fixation

   • Vidyadhar V. Upasani, Eric W. Edmonds

   Pages 133-141

10. Treatment of Diaphyseal Pediatric Femur Fractures with Flexible Intramedullary Fixation

    • Karl Rathjen, Phillip L. Wilson

    Pages 143-153

11. Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femur Fractures with Plate Fixation

    • Mathilde Hupin, Yi-Ming Yen, Daniel Hedequist

    Pages 155-165

12. Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femoral Fractures with Locked Intramedullary Implants

    • Jonathan Phillips, David D. Spence, Derek M. Kelly

    Pages 167-181

13. Physeal, Epiphyseal, and Intra-articular Fractures of the Distal Femur

    • Benton E. Heyworth, Michael P. Glotzbecker, Dennis E. Kramer

    Pages 183-193

14. Evaluation and Management of Pathologic Femur Fractures in Children

    • Bryan Snyder, Megan Anderson

    Pages 195-213

15. Evaluation and Management of Complications of Pediatric Femur Fractures

    • Marie-Lyne Nault, James R. Kasser

    Pages 215-228

16. Back Matter

    Pages 229-234

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Bringing together the many considerations and complexities surrounding the management pediatric femur fractures, this up-to-date, comprehensive book discusses all aspects of these common but challenging injuries, where the treatment strategies are rapidly changing and which have the potential for complications and less than ideal outcomes. Because there may be multiple acceptable treatment approaches to a given fracture, we sought to review the full spectrum of therapeutic modalities. The entirety of the pediatric femur is considered, including femoral head and neck fractures, diaphyseal, physeal and epiphyseal fractures, and intra-articular fractures of the distal femur. Opening with chapters on development and anatomy as well as radiological evaluation, each fracture type-specific chapter discusses the indications and contra-indications, advantages and disadvantages, technical principles and published outcomes associated with each of the accepted techniques, from casting and traction to external and internal fixation. Concluding chapters discuss pathological fractures and the evaluation and management of complications. By channeling the expertise of a broad and accomplished group of authors with extensive experience in both researching and treating pediatric femur fractures, Pediatric Femur Fractures provides caregivers with the most complete and reliable resource when faced with any of the many types of this challenging injury.

• Diaphyseal femur fracture
• Distal femur fracture
• Epiphyseal femur fracture
• External fixation
• Femoral head fracture
• Femoral neck fracture
• Flexible intramedullary implant
• Intra-articular femur fracture
• Pathological femur fracture
• Pediatric femur fracture
• Physeal femur fracture
• Rigid intramedullary implant
• Spica cast
• Sub-trochanteric femur fracture

• Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

  Daniel J. Hedequist, Benton E. Heyworth

Daniel Hedequist, MD 

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA USA

 

Benton E. Heyworth, MD 

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA USA

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