Advanced Learning Pathway: Pediatrics 3 – Fracture Management

Learning Objectives of this Pathway:

  • Review and understand the timeline of bone formation in pediatrics
  • Review and understand pediatric foot and ankle anatomy, including tissue type(s), with respects to considerations in trauma.
  • Describe fractures/dislocations unique to the pediatric patient of the foot and ankle including etiology, clinical workup, patterns, treatment, and unique complications or risk factors.

 

Day 1: Concepts Review & Pediatric Rearfoot Fractures

Surgical Techniques:
None

 

Podcasts:
None

 

E-Book Chapters:
Trauma eBook
Ch 17: Pediatric Fractures

 

JFAS Articles:

 

Outside Journal Articles:
Injuries Involving the Epiphyseal Plate

 

Day 2: Pediatric Ankle Fractures

Clinical Sessions:
None

 

Surgical Techniques:
None

 

Podcasts:
None

 

E-Book Chapters:
Trauma eBook
Ch 17: Pediatric Fractures

 

JFAS Articles:

 

Outside Journal Articles:
The Management of Open Tibial Fractures in Children a Retrospective Case Series of Eight Years’ Experience of 61 Cases at a Paediatric Specialist Centre