E.Meani · C. Roman`o · L. Crosby · G.Hofmann (Eds.) 2007 Bone infections involve enormous social, economic and human impact. Despite improvements in surgical techniques, asepsis and prevention, the increasing use of surgery in orthopaedics and trauma means that the absolute number of bone infections is progressively increasing in western countries.
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Felix Bronner and Mary C. Farach-Carson (Eds.) 2007 Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive and debilitating disease that affects some two thirds of people older than 65 years. Yet how the disease arises and what cellular and molecular changes the cartilage cells undergo in the course of the disease is not well understood. In recent years, bone and bone changes […]
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ANDREA CELLI • LUIGI CELLI • BERNARD F. MORREY 2008 New Aspects in Diagnosis and Surgical Techniques Because of the relatively low incidence of involvement efforts to enhance the diagnosis and management of elbow pathology are not common. Nonetheless, because of a rapidly expanding knowledge base, both with regard to a more refined understanding of elbow pathology, coupled […]
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K.-K. Dittel M. Rapp (Eds.) 2008 Adjustable Implant System for Proximal and Distal Femur Fractures Much has been written about changes in medicine – mankind has gone through – changes which influenced the development of medical speciality decisively and surely many more changes will continue to take place in coming years. Obviously only some of the advances in […]
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Pamela Gallagher • Deirdre Desmond • Malcolm MacLachlan Editors 2008 This book brings together, into one easily accessible volume, the most recent and exciting research and knowledge in this new field. Psychoprosthetics is the study of psychological aspects of prosthetic use and of rehabilitative processes, in those conditions that require the use of prosthetic devices.
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C. Erggelet, B.R. Mandelbaum 2008
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Michel Bonnin Pierre Chambat 2008
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Editors Joseph E. Herrera 2008 Sports medicine is a popular medical subspecialty. Several types of medical specialists participate, to a varying extent, in the care of sports medicine complaints. These include family practitioners, internists, physiatrists, orthopedists, neurologists, emergency room doctors, and neurosurgeons.
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David Ip 2008 As the name implies, this “casebook” contains a series of clinical cases on various topics in orthopedic rehabilitation that the author encountered over his 23 years of practice ranging from the extremely common conditions like knee arthritis, to newer technologies evolved in the recent years including the use of smart materials in orthopedics, hypergravity stimulation therapy, and […]
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Edited by Jeffrey S. Abrams Robert H. Bell 2008 Rotator cuff tears are recognized as a common disabling problem among athletes and active individuals. For decades, the common approach to tears of the rotator cuff tendon was an open repair often complicated by postoperative stiffness, the potential for infection, and by a limited capability to address coexistent glenohumeral pathology.
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