Main description:

This concise guide brings orthopaedic surgeons and paediatricians up to date with the latest developments in the management of bone and joint (osteoarticular) infections in children. Beginning with an introduction to the causes and development of osteoarticular disorders, the following chapters discuss their clinical features, laboratory diagnosis and treatment options, both surgical and conservative.

Each chapter describes a different infection and its management, with a separate chapter examining drug-resistant osteoarticular tuberculosis and co-infection with HIV. The final section discusses advances and research in the condition.

Key points

Concise guide to the diagnosis and management of bone and joint infections in children
Each chapter discusses a different infection and covers conservative and surgical treatment
Final chapter describes new advances and research
Includes more than 150 full colour images and illustrations

Contents:

Pediatric Osteoarticular Infections
Laboratory Diagnosis of Osteoarticular Infections in Children
Conservative Treatment of Acute Osteoarticular Infections
Surgical Interventions in Osteoarticular Infection-Indications, Procedures and Postoperative Management
A Sick Child with Sepsis (Including Osteoarticular Infections): ICU Management
Septic Arthritis in Children
Sequelae of Septic Hip and its Reconstruction
Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis
Chronic Osteomyelitis
Atypical Osteomyelitis and Other Musculoskeletal Infections
Pediatric Hand Infections
Tuberculosis of Spine in Children
Tuberculosis of Hip in Children
Drug-resistant Osteoarticular Tuberculosis and Co-infection with HIV
Advances and Research in Pediatric Osteoarticular Infections