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General Principles of Pediatric Trauma

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Most childhood fractures can be adequately treated by nonoperative measures, especially given the remodeling potential in skeletally immature patients. Physeal fractures may be complicated by growth disturbance, resulting an angular deformity and limb length inequality. Treating fractures and/or dislocations that present in a delayed manner is challenging and the outcomes are inferior to when patients present for care immediately following injury.

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  1. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    David A. Spiegel MD (Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery)

  2. Honorary Consultant in Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children, Janagal, Kavre, Nepal

    David A. Spiegel MD (Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery)

  3. Department of Orthopedics, Hospital and Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children (HRDC), Janagal, Kavre, 6757, Nepal

    Bibek Banskota MB BS, MRCS, MS

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Spiegel, D.A., Banskota, B. (2014). General Principles of Pediatric Trauma. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_26

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