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Management of Lower Extremity Fractures

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A variety of methods are available for managing lower extremity fractures, and the choice depends upon the patients age/amount of growth remaining, whether the fracture involves a physis or is intra-articular, the availability of resources, and experience of the surgeon.

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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

  4. Department of Orthopedics and Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, formerly Christus Children’s Hospital, Mail Code 7774, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA

    Kaye E. Wilkins DVM, MD

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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., Wilkins, K.E. (2014). Management of Lower Extremity Fractures. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_28

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