Handbook of Fractures Third Edition is a pocket-sized go-anywhere guide—an ideal on-the-spot reference for residents and practitioners seeking fast facts on fracture management and classification.
Handbook of Fractures is organized by anatomic site providing key information on fractures in adults and in children, including:
- epidemiology
- anatomy
- mechanism of injury
- clinical evaluation
- radiologic evaluation
- classification
- treatment
- management of complications
Handbook of Fractures has an easy-access format featuring numerous charts, tables, diagrams, illustrations, and bulleted lists. Two new chapters in this edition cover closed reduction, casting, and traction, and orthopaedic analgesia.
Contents
General Considerations
- Closed reduction, casting, and traction
- Multiple trauma
- Open fractures
- Gunshot wounds
- Pathologic fractures
- Periprosthetic fractures
- Orthopaedic analgesia
Axial Skeleton Fractures
- General spine
- Cervical spine
- Thoracolumbar spine
Upper Extremity Fractures and Dislocations
- Clavicle fractures
- Acromioclavicular and sternoclavicular joint injuries
- Scapula fractuares
- Glenohumeral dislocation
- Proximal humerus fractures
- Humeral shaft fractures
- Distal humerus
- Elbow dislocation
- Olecranon
- Radial head
- Radius and ulna shaft
- Distal radius
- Wrist
- Hand
Lower Extremity Fractures and Dislocations
- Pelvis
- Acetabulum
- Hip dislocations
- Femoral head
- Femoral neck fractures
- Intertrochanteric fractures
- Subtrochanteric fractures
- Femoral shaft
- Distal femur
- Knee dislocation
- Patella and extensor mechanism injuries
- Tibial plateau
- Tibia/fibula shaft
- Ankle fractures
- Calcaneus fractures
- Talus
- Fractures of the midfoot and forefoot
Pediatric Fractures and Dislocations
- Pediatric orthopedic surgery
- Pediatric shoulder
- Pediatric elbow
- Pediatric forearm
- Pediatric wrist and hand
- Pediatric hip
- Pediatric femoral shaft
- Pediatric knee
- Pediatric tibia and fibula
- Pediatric ankle
- Pediatric foot
Index
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