Main description:

Paediatric orthopaedics deals with the diagnosis and management of diseases and injuries in bones, joints, muscles and nerves, in children.

The second edition of Neonatal Orthopaedics examines orthopaedics problems in neonates, focussing on antenatal diagnostic measures, diagnostic points and salient features of each disorder.

The book begins with an introduction to the general aspects of neonatal orthopaedics, discussing anatomy and physiology, antenatal diagnosis, genetics, skeletal and muscular disorders and birth injuries.

The following sections describe various disorders found in different parts of the neonate body - lower limb, vertebral, upper limb and shoulder. Each chapter discusses in detail conditions that may be encountered, describing their etiology, clinical features, differential diagnosis and treatment. Keywords for each chapter have also been included.

The final sections discuss neonatal infections and miscellaneous conditions including tetanus, gangrene, conjoined twins and rheumatic disorders.

Key points

Second edition examining etiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of orthopaedics disorders in neonates
Features diseases and injuries in all sections of the body
Each chapter includes a 'keywords' box
Previous edition published in 2007

Contents:

General Aspect of Neonatal Orthopaedics

Importance of Neonatal Orthopaedics as a Subject
Anatomical and Physiological Consideration of a Neonate
Antenatal Diagnosis of Orthopaedic Conditions
Importance of Genetics in Neonatal Orthopaedic Diseases
Congenital Malformations
General Abnormalities of Skeletal Development, Evident at Birth
Disorders of Voluntary Muscles Presenting at Birth
Can we Diagnose Cerebral Palsy in the Neonatal Period?
Birth Injuries
Congenital Developmental Anomalies of the Extremities in the Neonate
Neonatal Rickets

Lower Limb Anomalies

Bent Bones in a Neonate
Congenital Pseudoarthrosis of the Tibia and Fibula
Congenital Lower Limb Defects
Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency
Congenital Coxa Vara
Foetal Development and Natural History of Lower Limb Rotation
Postural and Congenital Deformities of the Foot and Ankle
Club Foot
Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
Congenital Subluxations and Dislocations around the Knee
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Congenital Abduction Contracture of the Hip and Pelvic Obliquity

Vertebral Anomalies

Vertebral Agenesis, Fusions and the Fusion Defects
Congenital Scoliosis
Klippel-Feil Syndrome
Congenital Muscular Torticollis

Upper Limb and Shoulder Girdle Anomalies

Congenital High Scapula (Sprengel's Shoulder
Congenital Pseudoarthrosis of the Clavicle
Cleidocranial Dysostosis and Congenital Absence of the Pectoral Muscles
Congenital Radioulnar Synostosis and Congenital Synostosis of the Elbow
Radial Club Hand and Congenital Longitudinal Deficiency of the Ulna
Hand and Finger Affections Present at Birth

Neonatal Infections

Neonatal Osteomyelitis
Acute Psoas Abscess in a Newborn Infant

Miscellaneous Conditions

Mucolipidoses
Neonatal Tetanus
Syndromes with Skeletal Problems Present at Birth
Neonatal Gangrene
Rheumatic Disorders Manifesting in the Neonatal Period
Neonatal Malignancy and Sacrococcygeal Teratoma
Conjoined (Siamese) Twins
Caffey's Disease
Syndromes having Craniosynostosis Presenting at Birth
Chondrodysplasia Punctata