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JOURNAL ARTICLE
REVIEW
Upper Extremity Care for Children: Unique Medical and Psychosocial Aspects.
Journal of Hand Surgery 2019 July
Hand surgeons encountering pediatric patients should be attuned to both technical and practical facets of caring for congenital and traumatic pathologies. Psychosocial aspects include engaging children in conversation and factoring in both self and external perception of deformity. Medical considerations are also unique, from including child abuse in the differential to having techniques to assess active motion and sensation in the nonverbal child. Certain universal principles, such as minimizing radiation exposure and limiting needle sticks, have higher emphasis in pediatric patients than in adults. With these aspects in mind, treating children and their families can be a mutually rewarding experience.
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