ABSTRACT

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013Orthopaedic problems account for over one-third of all medical and surgical problems. Mercer's Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma provides all the information required by the senior trainee or qualified specialist to improve understanding and management of any given condition or disease in this area.Si

part |2 pages

PART TWO: MUSCULOSKELETAL STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND HEALING

part |2 pages

PART FOUR: TRAUMA

chapter |52 pages

Section 1: General considerations

part |2 pages

PART FIVE: PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

part |2 pages

PART SIX: SPORTS MEDICINE

chapter 78|42 pages

Leg, ankle and foot injuries

part 79|2 pages

Clinical evaluation, principles of biopsy and staging

part |2 pages

PART NINE: ADULT RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY

chapter |20 pages

Section 1: General considerations

chapter |74 pages

Section 2: The Hip

chapter |36 pages

Section 3: The Knee

chapter |34 pages

Section 4: The Shoulder

chapter |12 pages

Section 5: The ankle

chapter |24 pages

Section 6: Arthritis in the younger adult

part |2 pages

PART TEN: HAND AND UPPER LIMB

chapter 111|15 pages

Finger injuries A Bobby Chhabra, Jesse Seamon

chapter 112|10 pages

Tendon injuries

chapter 113|7 pages

Nerve injuries

chapter 114|6 pages

Hand infections

chapter 115|9 pages

Replantation and microsurgery

chapter 117|18 pages

Arthritis of the hand

chapter 118|14 pages

Carpal instability

chapter 119|8 pages

The distal radial ulnar joint

chapter 120|9 pages

Hand tumours

chapter 121|37 pages

The elbow

part |2 pages

PART ELEVEN: FOOT AND ANKLE

chapter 122|13 pages

Tendon pathologies

chapter 123|8 pages

Hallux valgus

chapter 125|11 pages

Lesser toe deformities

chapter 126|6 pages

Pes cavus and pes planus

chapter 127|6 pages

The diabetic foot

chapter 128|12 pages

Neurological disorders

part |2 pages

PART TWELVE: NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND BEST CLINICAL PRACTICE

chapter 132|7 pages

Orthopaedic tissue engineering

chapter 133|5 pages

Medical ethics

chapter 135|3 pages

Informed consent