Fabio Martino . Claudio Defilippi . Roberto Caudana (Eds.)

2011

Acute and chronic orthopedic injuries in children are unique in terms of the mechаnisms of injury, pathophysiology, and healing. In fact , because of the dynamic state of growth and development, pattern s of skeletal injury in children are frequently different in type and presentation from those in adults, and so often require different diagnostic and treatment algorithms.