Fracture Classifications in Clinical Practice Residents and junior doctors on rotation are under constant pressure to have accurate and up to date information available to them. This is never more important than when on rotation in the Emergency Room. Junior doctors often lack experience in orthopaedics making the recognition and accurate identification of fractures and their treatment a challenging task. This comprehensive handbook contains a wealth of illustrations and explanatory text which is organized into a concise repository of information on fractures according to the most widely used classification systems. The classification systems covered include AO and OTA systems. This allows readers the opportunity to make a correct diagnosis using the appropriate criteria while simplifying the planning of further management and ensuring that communication with experienced staff is more effective. TOC:Foreword Periprosthet Fr THA Tibial TEA Atlantoax Rotary Sublux Disloc Fr of Odontoid Proc Injuries C3 7 Compression Fr Burst Fr Fr Dislocation Clavicle Acromioclav J Sternoclav J Scapula Humerus Trans Inter Condylar Capitellum Glenohumeral Post Glenohum Inf Glenohum Elbow Divergent Disloc Olecranon Radial Forearm Dist radius Specific Fr Hip Fem Head Neck Inter Subtrochanteric Pelvis Acetab Fem Shaft Dist Femur Knee Patellar Tibal Plateau Tib Fib Shaft Pilon Ankle Foot Midfoot Cuboid Tarsometatarsal J 1st Metatarsophal J Prox Humerus Clavicle Acromioclavicular J Inj Scapula Glenohumeral Supracondylar Humerus Lat Med Condylar Physeal Transphyseal Fr Capitellar Fr T Condylar Radial head neck Elbow Disloc Pediatric forearm Monteggia Fr Scaphoid Pediatr hip knee Fr Tibial tubercle Fr Tibial spine Patella Fr Knee disloc Pediatric tibia fib Diaphyseal Fr of tib Pediatr ankle Pediatr foot Talus Tarsometatarsal Inj Wrist Contains descriptions of all the major fracture classifications in a portable and practical format Seyed Behrooz Mostofi BSc MBBS MS (Orth) is Specialist Registrar in Orthopaedics in South Thames Deanery. He is based at Queen Marys Hospital Sidcup. He is also the author is several other books in Orthopaedics. His most recent previous book Whos Who in Orthopaedics has been published by Springer Verlag and it will be available in the market from October 2004.