Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: Pediatrics, Third Edition

David L. Skaggs, Mininder S. Kocher, Jennifer C. Laine, Vishwas R. Talwalkar (Editors)

ISBN (print): 9781975243838

ISBN (eBook): 9781975243852

Published: September 2026

Format: Hardcover (832 pages) or eBook with multimedia (Bookshelf)

Language: English

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)

Description

Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: Pediatrics, Third Edition, is part of the long-running Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery series and gives step-by-step guidance on the most advanced and successful surgical techniques for orthopaedic problems in children and adolescents. Edited by Drs. David L. Skaggs, Mininder S. Kocher, Jennifer C. Laine, and Vishwas R. Talwalkar, this fully revised edition presents the preferred techniques of surgical masters, illustrated with full-color, sequential, surgeon's-eye-view intraoperative photographs and drawings by noted medical illustrators. Coverage spans all major joints, from shoulder to foot and ankle, as well as the spine, trauma, and cerebral palsy.

Key Features

- Up-to-date operative guidance for pediatric orthopaedic surgery, designed to help surgeons minimize error, improve outcomes, and increase patient safety.
- Eight new chapters, including proximal femur fractures, physeal fractures about the knee, telescoping nails for femur fractures in osteogenesis imperfecta, core decompression for avascular necrosis, casting for scoliosis, traction, direct spondylolysis repair, and S1-L5 transdiscal screw placement for severe spondylolisthesis.
- Practical, repeatable surgical technique: each chapter covers indications and contraindications, pertinent surgical anatomy, pitfalls and potential complications, and pearls and tips for improving results.
- Concise, streamlined text with high-quality visual guidance through full-color photographs, illustrations that reveal areas not visible to the surgeon during a procedure, and video in the multimedia edition.
- Two new co-editors, Drs. Jennifer C. Laine and Vishwas R. Talwalkar, join the editorial team for this edition.
- Available in two versions on this page: the hardcover, and the eBook with multimedia delivered through the Bookshelf platform. Please download the eBook after redeeming your code: online access through Bookshelf lasts one year, while the downloaded copy does not expire.

Coverage

- Upper limb: shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, including lateral condyle fractures and operative treatment of radial neck fractures
- Lower limb: hip, knee, foot and ankle, including proximal femur fractures, physeal fractures about the knee, guided growth for angular limb deformities, and calcaneal lengthening osteotomy
- Spine: pediatric pedicle screw insertion with manual and power techniques, spondylolysis repair, and spondylolisthesis decompression, reduction, and fusion
- Trauma and neuromuscular conditions: femur fractures in osteogenesis imperfecta, traction, and lower-extremity surgery in children with cerebral palsy

About the Editors

The third edition is edited by Drs. David L. Skaggs, Mininder S. Kocher, Jennifer C. Laine, and Vishwas R. Talwalkar. Laine and Talwalkar join as new co-editors for this edition, which presents the preferred techniques of surgical masters in pediatric orthopaedics.

Table of Contents

Selected chapters from the publisher's table of contents:
- Lateral Condyle Fractures (Chapter 2)
- Operative Treatment of Radial Neck Fractures (Chapter 4)
- Lower-Extremity Surgery in Children With Cerebral Palsy
- Calcaneal Lengthening Osteotomy (Chapter 29)
- Guided Growth for Correction of Angular Limb Deformities (Chapter 34)
- Pediatric Pedicle Screw Insertion: Manual and Power Techniques (Chapter 45)
- Spondylolisthesis: Decompression, Reduction, and Fusion (Chapter 54)

Why buy this book?

Pediatric orthopaedic operations leave little room for improvisation, and this volume puts the preferred techniques of recognized surgical masters, with intraoperative photographs and drawings, in one reference. The addition of eight new chapters and two new co-editors makes the third edition a practical update for pediatric orthopaedic surgeons, residents and fellows, and for hospital and academic medical libraries supporting orthopaedic surgery programs. Choose the hardcover for the operating-room library, or the eBook with multimedia for searchable, on-device reading. Browse more titles in our Medicine collection.

Keywords

pediatric orthopaedic surgery, master techniques in orthopaedic surgery, Skaggs, Kocher, Laine, Talwalkar, children and adolescents, fractures, guided growth, spinal surgery, cerebral palsy, surgical techniques

Target Audience

Pediatric orthopaedic surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, surgical residents and fellows, surgeons, academic medical libraries, hospital libraries

Genre

Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatric Orthopaedics, Surgical Reference, Clinical Medicine

Q&A

What does Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: Pediatrics, Third Edition cover?
It covers step-by-step surgical techniques for orthopaedic problems in children and adolescents across the shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, hip, knee, foot and ankle, and spine, plus trauma and cerebral palsy.

What is new in the third edition?
The third edition adds eight new chapters, among them proximal femur fractures, physeal fractures about the knee, telescoping nails in osteogenesis imperfecta, casting for scoliosis, and direct spondylolysis repair, and two new co-editors, Drs. Laine and Talwalkar.

Who edits this volume?
It is edited by Drs. David L. Skaggs, Mininder S. Kocher, Jennifer C. Laine, and Vishwas R. Talwalkar.

Is it available as an eBook as well as in print?
Yes. Choose Hardcover or eBook above. The eBook includes multimedia and uses the Bookshelf platform: you receive a redemption code by email within 2 business days, and we recommend downloading the eBook, since online access lasts one year while the downloaded copy does not expire.

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