Hand and Wrist. (CD-ROM included).RD559 1-58890-265-X Hand and wrist. (CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). included) Title main entry. Ed. by Jesse B. Jupiter and David C. Ring. (AO manual of fracture management) Thieme Medical Publishers, [c]2005 345 p. $299.95 Jupiter and Ring (both Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. ) provide 60 case descriptions of the surgical procedures Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen. and current AO fixation techniques for hand and wrist fractures, covering nearly all of the injury patterns most commonly seen in clinical practice. Through a series of clinical cases, written by international specialists, the text provides detailed explanations of the technical steps to follow when performing surgical stabilization of a given fracture, along with the specific indications, the choice of the surgical approach, the preoperative pre·op·er·a·tive adj. Preceding a surgical operation. preoperative preceding an operation. preoperative care the preparation of a patient before operation. planning, and the postoperative management and rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. for each fracture scenario, and discussion about possible sources of complications and technical errors and suggested solutions. Illustrated throughout with some 600 b & w and color photographs and diagrams. The accompanying CD-ROM contains step-by-step presentation of the operations supported by intraoperative videos, AO teaching videos, and animations illustrating the critical steps. |
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