 | Apley's Concise System of Orthopaedics & Fractures Sale Price: £23.00. (Normally: £29.99). This leading introductory textbook of orthopaedics provides medical students, trainee surgeons and other health professionals with an invaluable overview of this important specialty. Praised in previous editions for the systematic approach, balanced content and easy-to-read style, the new edition has been brought fully up to date, with additional detail on anatomy, an improved focus on actual diseases and clinical signs and the introduction of handy stop check points. Over 800 illustrations, many new to this third edition, are arranged as composites to provide a clear, pictorial account of the subject, and can be used in association with the text and as a revision tool.
The book remains the first choice for those seeking a brief account of this large and complex subject, and is a natural precursor to the more detailed coverage offered by its larger parent Apley's System of Orthopaedics and Fractures for those wishing to pursue a career in orthopaedics.
Provides helpful guidance on simple procedures, without unnecessary operative detail
Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, reflecting the changing pattern of musculoskeletal disease around the world
Includes additional detail on anatomy
All new imaging technologies represented in the illustrative material
Material on molecular biology and genetics revised and expanded, but with a clinical orientation
Table of contents:
General orthopaedics
~ 1. Diagnosis in orthopaedics ~ 2. Infection ~ 3. Rheumatic disorders ~ 4. Gout and pseudogout ~ 5. Osteoarthritis and related disorders ~ 6. Osteonecrosis and osteochondritis ~ 7. Metabolic and endocrine disorders ~ 8. Genetic disorders, dysplasias and malformations ~ 9. Tumours ~ 10. Neuromuscular disorders ~ 11. Peripheral nerve injuries ~ 12. Principles of operative treatment
Regional orthopaedics
~ 13. The shoulder ~ 14. The elbow ~ 15. The wrist ~ 16. The hand ~ 17. The neck ~ 18. The back ~ 19. The hip ~ 20. The knee ~ 21. The ankle and foot
Fractures and joint injuries
~ 22. Management of major injuries ~ 23. Fractures and joint injuries ~ 24. Fractures principles of treatment ~ 25. Complications of fractures ~ 26. Injuries of the shoulder and upper arm ~ 27. Injuries of the elbow and forearm ~ 28. Injuries of the wrist and hand ~ 29. Injuries of the spine and thorax ~ 30. Fractures of the pelvis ~ 31. Injuries of the hip and femur ~ 32. Injuries of the knee and leg ~ 33. Injuries of the ankle and foot
ISBN: 0340809841
Author: Solomon L Warwick D
Format: PB
Pages: 406
Publication Date: 31 Mar 2005
Edition : 3 |
