Author: by Dennis S. Weiner (Editor), Kerwyn Jones (Editor)
Publication: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition
ISBN: 0521825644
Language: English
Publisher:
Hardcover: 184 pages
Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.0 x 0.5 inches
Price: $100.00
Book Description
This revised and extended new edition retains the features that made the first edition
(Churchill Livingstone, 1993) such a popular text for pediatricians and primary care physicians.
Orthopaedic disorders are arranged according to age of onset and also according to their
frequency of occurrence.
This is supplemented by helpful guidelines for orthopedic referral.
Distilling a vast wealth of the authors’ experience, the book provides a concise and
readable account of all the main pediatric orthopedic complications and
is supplemented with helpful “pearl” boxes to highlight salient features of the given disorder.
“Although there are clear and distinct structural differences between very young and mature bones,
the structure that most clearly separates them is the physis or…” (more)
Editorial Reviews
‘This well-illustrated and practical textbook, designed for primary care physicians,
is written by a true expert in the field … Weiner’s authoritative second edition fulfills
its intended purpose and provides an excellent reference for primary care doctors,
who can be grateful that a surgeon of Weiner’s renown has taken the effort to produce
a quality second edition.’ Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics