The gold standard comprehensive reference in pediatric orthopaedics is a must-have resource for physicians and residents treating infants, children, and adolescents with orthopaedic problems. Lovell and Winter’s Pediatric Orthopaedics, ۸th Edition, brings you fully up to date in the field with new content, a new editor, and many new contributing authors who cover all aspects of basic science, clinical manifestations, and management. You’ll find complete, expert coverage of normal musculoskeletal development and the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of the entire range of abnormalities, with emphasis on evidence-based decision making in treatment selection.

• Features a new chapter on Pain Management in Pediatric Orthopaedics and newly consolidated chapters on neuromuscular disorders and early-onset spine deformities.
• Includes many more contributing authors from outside North America who share their knowledge and expertise in this complex field, as well as new editor Dr. Haemish Crawford from Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand.
• Incorporates full-color, step-by-step, atlas-type illustrations of surgical techniques throughout the text.
• Includes pearls and pitfalls and the authors’ preferred approach in many clinical chapters.

Contents

۱ Embryology and Development of the Musculoskeletal System
۲ Genetic Aspects of Orthopaedic Conditions
۳ Imaging in Pediatric Orthopaedics
۴ The Pediatric Orthopaedic Examination
۵ Pain Management in Pediatric Orthopaedics
۶ Metabolic and Endocrine Abnormalities
۷ The Skeletal Dysplasias
۸ Syndromes of Orthopaedic Importance
۹ Localized Disorders of Skin and Soft Tissue
۱۰ Diseases of the Hematopoietic System
۱۱ Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
۱۲ Musculoskeletal Infection
۱۳ Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
۱۴ Cerebral Palsy
۱۵ Other Neuromuscular Disorders
۱۶ Idiopathic Scoliosis
۱۷ Early-Onset Spine Deformities
۱۸ Adolescent Kyphosis
۱۹ Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
۲۰ The Cervical Spine
۲۱ The Upper Limb
۲۲ Developmental Hip Dysplasia and Dislocation
۲۳ Legg-Calv-Perthes Disease and Other Conditions of the Hip
۲۴ Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
۲۵ The Adolescent Hip
۲۶ The Lower Extremity
۲۷ Limb-Length Discrepancy
۲۸ The Foot
۲۹ The Child with a Limb Deficiency
۳۰ Sports Medicine in the Growing Child
۳۱ The Principles of Pediatric Fracture and Trauma Care
۳۲ Upper Extremity Fractures
۳۳ Pediatric Thoracolumbar Spine and Lower Extremity Fractures