Citation

Sinal SH, Stewart CD. J. South. Orthop. Assoc. 1998; 7(4): 264-276.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Brenner Center for Child and Adolescent Health, Brenner Children's Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Southern Orthopaedic Association, published by Data Trace)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9876997

Abstract

Statistics show that more than half the victims of child abuse have fractures. The orthopedic surgeon will often be the first person to identify a potentially abused child. In a series at Brenner Children's Hospital, 17% of abused children had a fracture as the initial manifestation of child abuse. For protection of the child, it is essential that the orthopedic surgeon recognize the signs of child abuse and make a referral to the appropriate child protection agency. In this review article, we discuss recognition of common types of child abuse and outline appropriate management of child abuse cases.

Language: en