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Shoulder and Elbow Trauma and Its Complications: Volume 2: The Elbow provides an update on elbow surgery, a type of procedure that is seeing a significant increase in recent years. Although some of these surgeries are due to an aging population, a large proportion of operations are being performed on younger patients who have damaged their joints through physical activity. Worldwide, many of the injuries sustained through sport and physical activity are fractures which can be difficult to treat and can cause complications. Chapters in this detailed book will look at the most common types of elbow trauma and how to manage complications in surgery. - All major elbow traumas covered - Discusses tactics on how to manage complications in surgery - Provides information based on an aging population and the increase in sports related elbow fractures - Joint specific information
by Michael P. Leslie, Seth D. Dodds
2013 · Elsevier Health Sciences
"Emerging Concepts in Upper Extremity Trauma will appeal to orthopaedic surgeons inundated with care of orthopaedic upper extremity injuries. Since many dedicated hand panels in the United States have disappeared, care of upper extremity trauma is now a required part of care for any orthopaedic patient.
The Manual of Arthroscopic Surgery provides the most up to date state of the art for all those dealing with arthroscopic diagnosis and treatment. A standardised structure of the individual chapters facilitates the retrieval of information: Diagnosis, therapeutic management including decision-making for conservative and operative treatment, arthroscopic results and surgical techniques. The latter are described in a practical how-to-do step-by-step manner. 2,000 brilliant figures illustrate each operative step. The comprehensive manual includes rare conditions as well and provides detailed information on tricks and pitfalls. In its entirety it reflects the most up to date high-tech standard of arthroscopy.