Turek's Orthopaedics
Subtitle: Principles and Their Application
Edition: 6 edition
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: May 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 768
ISBN-13: 9780781742986
Subjects: Medicine; Orthopedics; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Medical / Test Preparation & Review
Description: Now in its revised, updated Sixth Edition, this text provides residents and medical students with a broad overview of adult and pediatric orthopaedics. Major sections focus on general and regional disorders of the musculoskeletal system. This edition's chapters on regional disorders have separate adult and pediatric sections and include sports medicine information and reviews of anatomy. Coverage of each disorder includes more details on treatment and prognosis. This edition also provides expanded coverage of molecular orthopaedics, biomaterials, orthotics and prosthetics, diagnosis by physical examination, commonly ordered laboratory tests, rehabilitation, biomechanics, principles of fractures, osteoporosis, overuse syndromes, and Achilles tendon rupture.