Recent Advances in Orthopedics-2

Description

The second volume of Recent Advances in Orthopedic Surgery brings clinicians and trainees fully up to date with the latest advances in their field.

Divided into twelve sections, each chapter discusses new technologies and techniques for surgery in a specific orthopaedic subspecialty – hip, knee, spine, shoulder, elbow – providing a broad understanding of ‘hot topics’ and detail on current points of debate.

A complete chapter is dedicated to new advances in sports medicine.

This new volume highlights key topics such as minimally invasive approaches to spine surgery, new developments in the basic science of cartilage, implant selection in revision arthroplasty, and surgical techniques in joint preservation.

Authored by renowned experts in their specialty, led by P Maxwell Courtney from the Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, this book is further enhanced by clinical photographs, diagrams and tables.

Key Features

• Up-to-date information on the ‘hot topics’ of orthopedic surgery from renowned surgeons.
• What’s new in orthopedics around the world? Contributions from South America and Asia written by internationally recognized authors.
• More in-depth discussion of current debates in each subspecialty including minimally invasive approaches to the spine, developments in cartilage basic science and surgical techniques in joint preservation.
• New chapter on revision arthroplasty.
• Each chapter has been updated from the last edition with new topics and information with over 50 images and illustrations.

Table of Contents

1. Chapter 1: What’s New in Spinal Surgery?
2. Chapter 2: What’s New in Hip Joint Preservation Surgery?
3. Chapter 3: What’s New in Total Hip Arthroplasty?
4. Chapter 4: What’s New in Knee Arthroplasty?
5. Chapter 5: What’s New in Revision
6. Chapter 6: What’s New in Sports Medicine?
7. Chapter 7: What’s New in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery?
8. Chapter 8: What’s New in Orthopedics: Asian Perspective – Hip
9. Chapter 9: What’s New in Orthopedics: Asian Perspective – Knee
10. Chapter 10: What’s New in Knee Arthroplasty: South American Perspective
11. Chapter 11: What’s New in Hip Arthroplasty – The South American Perspective
12. Chapter 12: What’s New in Basic Orthopedic Science?

Author Biography

P Maxwell Courtney MD

Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA