This classic text remains a must-have for physicians and residents treating infants, children, or adolescents with orthopaedic problems.

Now in its updated Sixth Edition, this classic text remains a must-have for physicians and residents treating infants, children, or adolescents with orthopaedic problems. The foremost orthopaedists examine normal musculoskeletal development and the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of the entire range of abnormalities, with emphasis on evidence-based decision making in treatment selection.

Many of this edition's clinical chapters include pearls and pitfalls and a description of the author's approach. This edition also has more clinical photographs. Discussions of surgical procedures are cross-referenced to the Atlas of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Fourth Edition, where readers can find step-by-step, illustrated technical instructions.


This edition keeps abreast of the explosion of clinically-relevant basic science information, particularly genetics. An important new chapter in this edition examines the processes of growth in relation to orthopaedic disease and treatment. Discussions of surgical procedures are cross-referenced to individual procedures in the Atlas of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Third Edition, so that readers can quickly find step-by-step, illustrated technical instructions.

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