Description
Here's the guidance needed to evaluate and treat common fractures and to identify uncommon fractures that should be referred to a specialist. A consistent format provides detailed coverage of each fracture's anatomic considerations, clinical symptoms and signs, radiographic findings, indications for orthopedic referral, strategies for management, and more.
Spanish version of 1st edition also available, ISBN: 84-8174-431-X
Key Features
- Includes one-page management tables that summarize pertinent aspects of diagnosis and treatment.
- Detailed, step-by-step descriptions present selected closed reduction techniques for some displaced fractures.
- Uses schematic illustrations to portray important anatomic relationships of bones and joints.
New to this Edition
- Includes two new chapters, Facial and Skull Fractures (Ch. 18) and Rib Fractures (Ch. 17).
- New Pediatric Considerations sections for each fracture cover special considerations for pediatric fractures.
- New Return to Work or Sports sections for each fracture give practical advice for getting patients back to full activity after an injury.
- Expands coverage of joint dislocations, including reduction techniques.
- Increased material on stress fractures of the pelvis, rib, ulna and calcaneous.
- Provides many new radiographs and line drawings.
Contents
Author Information
By M. Patrice Eiff, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon; Robert L. Hatch, MD, MPH, Associate Professor Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; and Walter L. Calmbach, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of Texas Health Science, San Antonio, TX
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