Pediatric Orthopedics in Practice (eBook, PDF) - Hefti, Fritz
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This second edition of the classic work uses definitions, topical quotations by famous people and amusing cartoons in its exhaustive coverage of pediatric orthopedics. It communicates the latest findings in pediatric orthopedics in a didactic, comprehensive and detailed manner, answering everyday questions in the field of orthopedics and pediatrics and highlighting all aspects of diagnosis. It also gives precise instructions for therapy, and answers questions such as: should we simply let nature take care of the way children grow and develop? Or do we need splints, corsets, or even operations,…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This second edition of the classic work uses definitions, topical quotations by famous people and amusing cartoons in its exhaustive coverage of pediatric orthopedics. It communicates the latest findings in pediatric orthopedics in a didactic, comprehensive and detailed manner, answering everyday questions in the field of orthopedics and pediatrics and highlighting all aspects of diagnosis. It also gives precise instructions for therapy, and answers questions such as: should we simply let nature take care of the way children grow and develop? Or do we need splints, corsets, or even operations, for straightening what is crooked? This is how to make children’s orthopedics fun – in practice and theory.

Autorenporträt
Fritz L. Hefti, MD, retired as Chief of the Pediatric Orthopedic Department at the Children's Hospital, University of Basle, Switzerland, and Professor at the Medical School of the University of Basle in 2010, since which time he has been a Senior Consultant at the unit. Dr. Hefti graduated from Medical School in Basle in 1972. After specializing in Orthopedic Surgery and working as Attending Surgeon at the Pediatric Orthopedic Unit and the Unit for Traumatology at the University of Basle, he was appointed Head of the Pediatric Orthopedic Unit at the Children's University Hospital in Basle in 1988. He went on to become Chief of the new, independent Pediatric Orthopedic Department in 1994. Dr. Hefti has been the recipient of several awards, including the Carl Rabl Award of the German Orthopaedic Society and the Hans Debrunner Award of the Swiss Orthopaedic Society, both presented for the book Pediatric Orthopedics in Practice. Since 2010 Dr. Hefti has been Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Children's Orthopaedics. He is the author of 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals as well as numerous articles in books and review articles in journals.
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"The purpose is to present a comprehensive approach to the management of children requiring orthopedic specialty care. The audience is primarily pediatric orthopedic surgeons and their trainees. ... The medical illustrations and radiographs are helpful and of good quality. ... this is an important, mature contribution to the specialty." (Edward Abraham, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2016)