Pediatric hand fractures occur primarily in a biphasic age distribution: The toddler and the adolescent. In toddlers, the injury occurs most often secondary to a crush10,57,110,204; for example, a finger…
FIGURE 21-1 Clinical photographs of a preadolescent child with atraumatic multidirectional instability. A: Anterior view demonstrates obvious anteroinferior position of the humeral head. B: View of the lateral aspect depicts…
1. Where is the lesion? Different bone lesions are seen more frequently in specific areas of the body and the bone (Figs. 8-1 and 8-2). FIGURE 8-1 Schematic distribution of…
FIGURE 4-1 Examples of dermatitis related to wet casts. A: A soiled hip spica cast. B: Upper extremity cast that was wet. (Property of UW Pediatric Orthopaedics.) Thermal Injury Plaster…
FIGURE 12-1 Annual incidence of all fractures in children. (From Landin LA. Epidemiology of children’s fractures. J Pediatr Orthop B. 1997;6:79–83.) Large studies that distinguish distal radial fractures from forearm…
FIGURE 33-1 Appearance and fusion times of foot ossification centers, with figures in parentheses indicating the time of fusion of the primary and secondary ossification centers (y., years; m.i.u., months…
Radiographic Evaluation of Specific Areas of the Spine Atlantooccipital Junction. The atlantooccipital interval remains the most difficult to assess for abnormalities, partly because of the difficulty in obtaining quality radiographs…
TABLE 31-2 Muscle Origins and Insertions on the Fibula VASCULAR ANATOMY OF FRACTURES OF THE SHAFT OF THE TIBIA AND FIBULA The popliteal artery descends vertically between the condyles of…
FIGURE 27-1 The shaded area represents cortical thickness by age-group. This rapid increase in cortical thickness may contribute to the diminishing incidence of femoral fractures during late childhood. (Redrawn from…
FIGURE 22-1 A: Radiograph of a left midshaft clavicular fracture in an infant sustained during the birthing process. (Courtesy of Joshua M. Abzug, MD.) B: Neonatal pseudarthrosis of the clavicle….
