Orthopaedics & fractures

360° around shoulder instability

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This book presents the current status of shoulder instability treatment with the aim of equipping readers with a comprehensive understanding of the latest concepts of shoulder instability, diagnosis and the decision-making process, conservative treatment, state of the art surgic…

Fragility fracture nursing: holistic care and management of the orthogeriatri…

fromPerspectives in nursing management and care for older adults

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This open access book aims to provide a comprehensive but practical overview of the knowledge required for the assessment and management of the older adult with or at risk of fragility fracture. It considers this from the perspectives of all of the settings in which this group o…

Foot and ankle trauma injuries: atlas of surgical procedures

by Daghino, Walter, Massè, Alessandro, Marcolli, Daniele

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This full-color atlas offers a systematic guide to performing surgeries for the most common traumatic lesions of the foot and ankle. It features a wealth of didactic illustrations, achieved with a particular technique employing colors and transparencies that also reveals those a…

Head and neck injuries in young athletes

fromContemporary pediatric and adolescent sports medicine

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Providing the most current information on injuries to the head and neck sustained by young athletes, this practical text presents a thorough review of the complex and emerging issues for youths and adolescents involved in contact/collision sports. While concussions are among the…

Shoulder arthroscopy: how to succeed!

by Courage, Olivier

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This book has been designed to lead you through the first steps of the shoulder arthroscopy. Offering a companion guide, its numerous illustrations and videos support the text and aid in comprehension. The most common mistake in shoulder arthroscopy is to focus on the screen, wh…

Cervical spine: minimally invasive and open surgery

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This book addresses conventional and minimally invasive surgery of the cervical spine to cater for both experts and young surgeons with less experience in this field of surgery. It is written by a group of highly trained specialists from all over the world, who present the requi…

Pain management and palliative care: a comprehensive guide

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This comprehensive book covers the knowledge needed to diagnosis and treat patients with acute and chronic pain. Sections dedicated to patient evaluation, medication management, treating patients with more complex circumstances and interventional management provide clinically-re…

Periprosthetic joint infections: changing paradigms

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This book provides a state-of-the-art, worldwide overview of treatment options available for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). It highlights areas where tremendous progress has been made over the past few years, looking at current evidence, projecting a way forward, and disc…

Nutrition and bone health

fromNutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)

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This newly revised edition contains updated versions of all of the topics that were in the first edition and has been substantially expanded with an additional 5 chapters. Each chapter includes information from the most up-to-date research on how nutritional factors can affect b…

Basketball sports medicine and science

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This book is designed as a comprehensive educational resource not only for basketball medical caregivers and scientists but for all basketball personnel. Written by a multidisciplinary team of leading experts in their fields, it provides information and guidance on injury preven…

Hip preservation surgery: open, arthroscopic, and endoscopic techniques

by Bonin, Nicolas, Randelli, Filippo, Khanduja, Vikas

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This book offers practical guidance on all procedures that may be performed within the field of hip preservation surgery, arthroscopy, and endoscopy. European experts share their experiences on everything from basic injections to the most challenging hip procedures, offering ste…

Minimally invasive surgery for chronic pain management: an evidence-based approach

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This book presents the essential steps involved in diagnosing and treating pain due to peripheral nerve injury and compression. In the first chapter, the relevant anatomy and diagnostic tools to identify peripheral-nerve-related issues are described. The main part of the book, h…

Rapid recovery in total joint arthroplasty: contemporary strategies

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The approach to total hip and total knee arthroplasty is changing around the world. There is now a strong emphasis on a more rapid recovery and on more outpatient surgery. Each step of the process is now being modified with more thorough pre-operative evaluations, streamlined su…

Tips and tricks for problem fractures

by Suk, Michael, Horwitz, Daniel S., Swenson, Teresa K.

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This pocket-sized, user-friendly text provides a simple guide for the treatment of common orthopedic fractures of the upper extremity, focusing on techniques, tips and tricks. It utilizes a case-based structure with great attention given to the specific steps required to obtain …

Orthogeriatrics: The Management of Older Patients with Fragility F…

fromPractical issues in geriatrics

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This new open access edition supported by the Fragility Fracture Network aims at giving the widest possible dissemination on fragility fracture (especially hip fracture) management and notably in countries where this expertise is sorely needed. It has been extensively revised an…

Evidence-based podiatry: a clinical guide to diagnosis and management

by Tower, Dyane E.

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This practical text reviews the most recent literature supporting clinical decisions regarding over a dozen common foot and ankle conditions, along with presentations of the techniques themselves, both surgical and non-surgical. The conditions are presented anatomically from for…