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Management of Pediatric Fractures
edited by R. Mervyn Letts, 1243 pp, $250, ISBN 0-443-08860-8, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 1994.
Ted C. Schaffer, MD, Reviewer
St Margaret Memorial Hospital Pittsburgh, Pa
Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(11):1012-1013.
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In preparing Management of Pediatric Fractures, editor R. Mervyn-Letts, Head of Orthopedics at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine in Ontario, and six associate editors who are all faculty colleagues, have successfully dealt with the task of preparing a comprehensive text on the contemporary care of childhood fractures. The impressive list of contributors includes 70 authors, over half of whom are Canadian orthopedists. Most notable among the contributors is Robert B. Salter, MD, of the Salter-Harris epiphyseal fracture classification who authors a chapter on epiphyseal plate injuries. The stated intention of this textbook is to "function as a front-line reference for pediatric orthopedic surgeons, pediatric emergentologists, and orthopedic surgeons who deal with the injured child in a part-time capacity." That it accomplishes this goal and yet remains a qualified reference text for the family physician with orthopedic interests is quite commendable. To review this comprehensive textbook of over
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