Paediatric Fractures
In relation to medicine, children are not mini versions of adults. Spinal conditions in children do not necessarily present the way it does in adults.
What are the symptoms of Paediatric Fractures?
Back pain
Fever
Weakness
Numbness
Pain shooting down the leg
Bowel or bladder problems
Difficulty walking
- Chiari malformation
- Dermal sinus
- Hydrocephalus
- Lipomeningocele
- Myelomeningocele
- Scoliosis
- Spina bifida
- Spina bifida aperta
- Spina bifida occulta
- Split cord malformation
- Syringomyelia
- Tethered cord
- Lipomyelomeningocele
- Open and closed myelomeningocele
- Dermal Sinus
- Dermoid, epidermoid and other tumors
- Syringomyelia
- Chiari Malformation
- Split cord malformation
- Tethered cord syndrome
- Hydrocephalus and brain tumors
- Other congenital anomalies
- Neonatologist and Paediatrician
- Paediatric anaesthesiologist
- Neonatal and paediatric nurse
- Neonatal ICU and dedicated ward
- Intraoperative equipment
- Baclofen pump insertion
- Selective dorsal rhizotomy
- Botox injections
- Tendon and muscle releases
