Children's Upper and Lower Limb Orthopaedic Disorders

Previously publishd as part of "Children's Orthopaedics and Fractures, Third Edition" Children’s upper and lower limb orthopaedic disorders has been written to give orthopaedic practitioners an easily accessible and concise description of regional disease and conditions encountered in the practice of pediatric orthopaedic surgery. The upper limb chapters describe fetal development and how this may go wrong. As always, function dominates our management plans although cosmetic considerations must be borne in mind. Perinatal brachial plexus injury is analyzed and a plea made for early recognition and reconstruction of both plexus lesions and peripheral nerve injuries. The lower limb chapters consider limb deficiency and deformity and how best we should manage them. Those prominent afflictions of the child’s hip - dysplasia, Perthes’ disease and epiphyseal slipping - are fully discussed. Chapters on the common conditions affecting the knee, foot and ankle complete the book. Table of contents 1. Developmental Anomalies of the Hand 2. The Shoulder and Elbow 3. Brachial Plexus Injuries Peripheral Nerve Injuries 4. Management of the Injury 5. Birth lesions of the brachial plexus Peripheral nerve injuries 6. Leg Deformity and Length Discrepancy 7. Classification and Management of Lower Limb Reduction Anomalies 8. Leg Length Inequality 9. Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip 10. Legg–Calvé–Perthes Disease 11. Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis 12. The Knee 13. The Foot 14. The Clubfoot: Congenital Talipes Equinovarus 15. Pes Cavus 16. Congenital Vertical Talus (Congenital Convex Pes Valgus)