Fractures of the proximal femur
Subtitle: improving outcomes
By: [edited by] James P. Waddell
Publisher: Elsevier/Saunders; Saunders
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781437706956
Subjects: Femur; Fractures; Surgery; Femoral Fractures; Hip Fractures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology/population studies : scope of the problem / Michael G. Walsh and Joseph D. Zuckerman; title: Skeletal assessment of fractures of the proximal femur / Dawn Pearce; title: General assessment and optimization for surgery / Mirek Otremba; title: Regional vs. general anaesthesia for fractures of the proximal femur / Tania Di Renna and Aaron Hong; title: Improving pain management and patient outcomes associated with proximal femur fractures / Peter Leung and Bokman Chan; title: Femoral neck fractures : reduction and fixation / Patrick Platzer, Gerhild Thalhammer, and Florian Kutscha-Lissberg; title: Femoral neck fractures : arthroplasty / Keith Winters and James P. Waddell; title: Combined fractures of the hip and femoral shaft / Gordon A Higgins, Paul R. T. Kuzyk, and Emil H. Schemitsch; title: Femoral neck fractures : treatment of nonunion / Paul R. T. Kuzyk and James P. Waddell; title: Trochanteric fractures : sliding hip screw / Jan Bartonicek; title: Trochanteric fractures : intramedullary devices / Andreas H. Ruecker; title: Complications in trochanteric fractures / Jan Bartonicek; title: Subtrochanteric fractures: intramedullary fixation / Pavel Dousa; title: Subtrochanteric fractures : plate fixation / Peter Biberthaler; title: Deep vein thrombosis and thromboembolism : prevention and treatment in hip fracture patients / David Warwick; title: Investigation and management of postoperative delirium / Camilla L. Wong; title: Rehabilitation : improving outcomes for patients following fractures of the proximal femur / Janet E. Legge McMullan and Rhona McGlasson; title: Preventing the second hip fracture : addressing osteoporosis in hip fracture patients / Earl R. Bogoch ... [et al.]; title: Best surgical practices / Hans J. Kreder; title: Best rehabilitation practices / John Flannery and Judy David.