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Pediatric Upper Limb Reconstructive Surgery

A masterclass in surgical technique for the range of orthopaedic operations to reconstruct the pediatric upper limb.

I Principles of pediatric surgery
* Growth
* Psychology
II Congenital Malformations
* Embryology - Teratology - Genetic considerations
* Classifications
* Syndactylies and bone fusions
* Clynodactylies
* Camptodactylies and muscle anomolies
* Finger absence, amputations or hypoplasia
* Duplications
* Macrodactyly
* Ulnar deficiency
* Radial deficiency
* Forearm anomalies (cong. pseudoarthrosis)
* Congenital amputations proximal to the fingers
* Vascular malformations
* Syndromes
* Special anomalies
III Obstetrical paralyses
* History
* Brachial plexus anatomy in children
* Examination of the child
* Evaluation of recovery
* Spontaneous recovery
* EMG - evoked potentials
* Myelography - CT scan - MRI
* Epidemiology
* Surgical technique
* Pathological findings
* Physiotherapy
* Follow up
* Evolution and sequelae at the shoulder
* The elbow
* Prono-supination
* The wrist and fingers
* The results
* General indications
IV Spastic hand
V Specificities of pediatric hand surgery in post-traumatic
VI Reconstruction
VII Tumors
VIII Miscellanea