CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment in Orthopedics, Fifth Edition

by Harry Skinner

Overview

The latest clinical advances in orthopedics at your fingertips

For more than 70 years, professors, students, and clinicians have trusted LANGE for high-quality, current, concise medical information in a convenient, affordable, portable format. Whether for coursework, clerkships, USMLE prep, specialty board review, or patient care, there's a LANGE book that guarantees success.

• An authoritative, well-organized source of up-to-date, high-yield information on disorders and diseases treated by orthopedic surgeons and related physicians
• Emphasizes the major diagnostic features of disease states, the natural history of the diseases, the workup required for diagnosis, and the treatment
• Conveniently organized by anatomic structure, disease, and procedure
• Includes pathophysiology, epidemiology, and laboratory and imaging studies when necessary for diagnosis or an understanding of the treatment
• More than 600 illustrations
• Includes sports medicine, pediatric orthopedic surgery, rehabilitation, and geriatric medicine
• Valuable to students, residents and house officers of orthopedic surgery, emergency room physicians, family practitioners, general practitioners, and internists
• Ideal for certification and recertification
• An outstanding introduction to the specialty

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071839709
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	10/22/2013
Series:	LANGE CURRENT Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	672
File size:	25 MB
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About the Author

Harry B. Skinner, MD, PhD is Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: General Considerations in Orthopedic Surgery
Chapter 2: Imaging in Orthopedic Surgery
Chapter 3: Musculoskeletal Trauma Surgery
Chapter 4: Sports Medicine
Chapter 5: Disorders, Diseases, & Injuries of the Spine
Chapter 6: Musculoskeletal Oncology
Chapter 7: Adult Reconstructive Surgery
Chapter 8: Orthopedic Infections
Chapter 9: Foot & Ankle Surgery
Chapter 10: Hand Surgery
Chapter 11: Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
Chapter 12: Amputations
Chapter 13: Rehabilitation and Geriatric Medicine