This book is firmly established as the leading introductory textbook of modern orthopaedics, providing medical students, trainee surgeons and other health professionals with an invaluable overview of this important specialty. Praised in previous editions for the systematic approach, balanced content and easy-to-read style, the new edition has been brought fully up to date. It includes additional detail on anatomy, an improved focus on actual diseases and clinical signs, and the introduction of handy 'stop check' points. Over 800 illustrations, many new to this third edition, are arranged as composites to provide a clear, pictorial account of the subject. These can be used in association with the text and as a revision tool.
Features:
- Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, reflecting the changing pattern of musculoskeletal disease around the world
- Provides helpful guidance on simple procedures, without unnecessary operative detail
- Material on molecular biology and genetics revised and expanded, with an enhanced clinical orientation
- All new imaging technologies represented in the illustrative material
