Hip Disorders in Childhood - (Clinics in Developmental Medicine) by John V Banta & David Scrutton (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book provides what every clinician should know about the developing hip joint.

Book Synopsis

Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 160

Children with craniosynostosis are born with congenital deformities of the face and skull. In severe cases associated problems are common. The child who is not properly cared for can end up blind, deaf and with severe learning difficulties. In addition, they may be left with unacceptable facial deformities. Outside specialized craniofacial units, there is at present nowhere for those involved in primary or secondary care to go for help with the many practical problems that these children present. In this book, a distinguished team of editors have assembled experts in the field to introduce the non-craniofacial specialist to what can be achieved and how they can contribute to the child's welfare. It will be essential reading for paediatricians seeking practical information about the management of these disorders, and for specialists in neurosurgery, ENT, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, maxillo-facial surgery, orthodontics, psychology, genetics, anaesthesia, audiology and speech therapy.

From the Back Cover

Children with craniosynostosis are born with congenital deformities of the face and skull. In severe cases associated problems are common. The child who is not properly cared for can end up blind, deaf and with severe learning difficulties. In addition, they may be left with unacceptable facial deformities. Outside specialized craniofacial units, there is at present nowhere for those involved in primary or secondary care to go for help with the many practical problems that these children present. In this book, a distinguished team of editors have assembled experts in the field to introduce the non-craniofacial specialist to what can be achieved and how they can contribute to the child's welfare. It will be essential reading for paediatricians seeking practical information about the management of these disorders, and for specialists in neurosurgery, ENT, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, maxillo-facial surgery, orthodontics, psychology, genetics, anaesthesia, audiology and speech therapy.

Review Quotes

"...a valuable reference book for any paediatric department." Psychotherapy Journal

"This well-written, well-illustrated, hardbound textbook is one that general practitioners, therapists, pediatricians, orthapaedic surgeons, and subspecialists in orthapaedic surgery will most certainly want to have in their library." The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, John P. Dormans, M.D.

About the Author

John V Banta and David Scrutton are the authors of Hip Disorders in Childhood, published by Wiley.