Rockwood and Wilkins' Fractures in Children: Text Plus Integrated Content Website » (Seventh Edition)

Beaty, James H., MD; Kasser, James R., MD

The thoroughly revised, updated Seventh Edition of Rockwood and Wilkins' Fractures in Children offers a complete print and multimedia package: the established "gold-standard" reference on pediatric fractures and access to an integrated content website. The world's foremost authorities provide comprehensive coverage of all bone and joint injuries seen in children, thoroughly discuss alternative methods for treating each injury, and present their own preferred methods. This edition has a more international group of contributors, more tips and pearls in the authors' preferred method presentations, and expanded coverage of complications. New chapters cover casting, remodeling and what is unique about children's fractures; principles of physical examination of children with fractures; and treacherous children's fractures.

A companion website contains the fully searchable text, an image bank, and videos of the ten most difficult procedures.

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Reviewer: Fredric H. Warren, MD(Ochsner Clinic Foundation)
Description: This is the definitive work on the care and diagnosis of fractures in children. It is the natural companion to a similar text on adult fractures (Rockwood and Green's Fractures in Adults, 6th edition, Bucholz et al. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005)).
Purpose: The book is comprehensive (over 1,200 pages), clear, and well written by over 40 contributing authors, all of whom are recognized for their expertise in pediatric orthopedic trauma.
Audience: It is intended for residents and practitioners of orthopedic surgery.
Features: This book covers all of pediatric trauma. It provides a comprehensive approach to the management of pediatric fractures with a final recommendation of care by the given author.
Assessment: This is the best work in this area. The general texts in pediatric orthopedics and handbooks on treatment of fractures do not provide the detail of pathophysiology and management that this one does.