Paul R. Wood, Peter F. Mahoney and Julian P. Cooper 2009 The orthopedic ward can be a challenging location for the recently qualified doctor. The demands and responsibilities in preparing patients for elective orthopedic and acute trauma surgery are often very different.
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Giuseppe Guglielmi Wilfred C. G. Peh Mario Cammisa 2009 The hand, the first human part ever studied with X-rays, may be the primary clue to underlying systemic disease. In many instances, the findings on the radiograph of the hand may be pathognomonic of the disease.
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Zacharias Zachariou (Ed.) 2009 A discipline for childcare must remain young, responsive, and flexible. This flexibility has to be sustained in order for pediatric surgeons to establish their position, which lies in the fields of both pediatrics and surgery. The concept of this book is to break down barriers and to enable young physicians to look up everyday questions […]
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Editors José Cañadell · Mikel San-Julian 2009 In the last 30 years, the outcomes achieved with patients affected by malignant bone tumours have improved dramatically. Better knowledge of the disease, improvement of imaging methods, new surgical techniques and particularly the advent of chemotherapy have rought about unanticipated therapeutic successes in this kind of patient.
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Burak Ozgur l Edward Benzel l Steven Garfin Editors 2009 A Practical Guide to Anatomy and Techniques The use of minimally invasive spine surgical principles and techniques is rapidly escalating. It is finding its way, to one degree or another, into the practice of many spine surgeons. The enthusiasm for its use, on the part of both […]
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Amulya K. Saxena · Michael E. Höllwarth (Eds.) 2009 General pediatric surgery has undergone a revolutionary change in the last decade, with the widespread acceptance and adoption of endoscopic surgery in the neonatal, pediatric and adolescent age groups.
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Robert J. Meislin • Jeffrey Halbrecht Editors 2009 Management and Treatment Options for the Sports Medicine Orthopedist Any surgical intervention has potential risks and complications. This book is designed as a reference tool and a roadmap for the sports medicine orthopedist to minimize the complications in knee and shoulder surgery. Some complications are avoidable; some are not. By […]
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Reiner Bartl • Bertha Frisch 2009 Diagnosis, Prevention, Therapy With the dawn of the 21th century has come the realization that bone and joint diseases are the major cause of pain and physical disability worldwide. Moreover, according to the WHO Scientific Group, there are more than 150 musculoskeletal diseases and syndromes, all of which are usually associated with pain and loss […]
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Gustavo Duque ⋅ Douglas P. Kiel Editors 2009 Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approach With the aging population increasing worldwide, there is a growing interest in age-related diseases and their functional and mental consequences. Osteoporosis is a common disease in older persons with signifi cant impact on their functionality and quality of life.
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Antonio Merolli • Thomas J. Joyce (Eds.) 2009 This book is the first devoted to the application of biomaterials in hand surgery. It presents the fundamentals of biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, the finite elements method, and hand joint prostheses. It examines in depth the key topic of metacarpophalangeal joint prostheses in rheumatoid patients.
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