Imaging in Pediatric Skeletal Trauma

About this book

This is a comprehensive textbook on imaging of pediatric skeletal trauma. It provides a detailed description of the techniques used and the imaging findings, detailing their clinical relevance. Emphasis is placed on those injuries and their radiological features which are important to the orthopedic surgeon and the successful management of the child. In the first part of the book, the various techniques and procedures needed to successfully image both acute and more chronic skeletal injuries are discussed in depth. Individual chapters are devoted to radiography, CT, MRI, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine. The second part of the book documents the different types of skeletal injury, and the chapters are arranged according to anatomical site. In addition, chapters are included on growth plate injuries, non-accidental injuries, and normal variants that can imitate fractures. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field and a wealth of illustrative material is included. This book is designed to be of value to all radiologists who are involved with pediatric trauma, whether trainees or consultants, and also to orthopedic surgeons.

Written for:

Radiologists involved in pediatric trauma, orthopedic surgeons

Keywords:

• fractures
• pediatric
• radiology
• skeletal trauma

Table of contents

Imaging Techniques and Procedures

1 Paediatric Trauma Radiography - David Horton
2 Radiographic Positioning - Kate Parkes
3 CT - Anne Paterson
4 Ultrasound in Paediatric Trauma - James Teh
5 Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Karl J. Johnson
6 Nuclear Medicine - Karen Bradshaw and Angharad Harries

Clinical Problems

7 Normal Anatomical Variants and Other Mimics of Skeletal Trauma - Helen Williams
8 Basic Sciences of Paediatric Fractures - Edward Bache and Karl J. Johnson
9 Long Bone Fractures - Edward Bache
10 Growth Plate (Physeal) Injuries - Katharine Foster
11 Non-accidental Injury - Stephen Chapman
12 Pelvic Fractures - Karl J. Johnson and Edward Bache
13 The Hip Joint - James Metcalfe and Alan Sprigg
14 The Paediatric Knee - Edward Bache, Sean Symons, and Keith Haywards
15 Ankle - Paul Gibbons
16 Foot Fractures - Edward Bache, Caroline Lever, and Raj Kanwar
17 Shoulder - Phil Glithero
18 Elbow Injuries - Edward Bache
20 The Spine - Radhesh Krishna Lalam, Victor N. Cassar-Pullicino, and Prudencia N. M. Tyrrell
21 Pathological Fractures in the Immature Skeleton - A. Mark Davies

Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
List of Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363