Imaging in Pediatric Skeletal Trauma

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. 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.   Contents - Imaging Techniques and Procedures - 1 Paediatric Trauma Radiography 2 Radiographic Positioning 3 CT 4 Ultrasound in Paediatric Trauma 5 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 6 Nuclear Medicine - Clinical Problems - 7 Normal Anatomical Variants and Other Mimics of Skeletal Trauma 8 Basic Sciences of Paediatric Fractures 9 Long Bone Fractures 10 Growth Plate (Physeal) Injuries 11 Non-accidental Injury 12 Pelvic Fractures 13 The Hip Joint 14 The Paediatric Knee 15 Ankle 16 Foot Fractures 17 Shoulder 18 Elbow Injuries 19 The Hand and Wrist 20 The Spine 21 Pathological Fractures in the Immature Skeleton