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Edited by Donald H. Johnson and Robert Pedowitz, 1566 pp, $259.
Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
ISBN-13 978-0-7817-5812-3.

JAMA. 2007;298:230-231.

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Practical Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy is an in-depth review of sports medicine and arthroscopy, from the basic science to the surgical technique. Drs Johnson and Pedowitz have put together a long list of contributors who are leaders in their respective arenas, making the text a reliable resource and an excellent text for sports medicine physicians at all levels. Sections on basic science, the spine, the thoracic area, general considerations, and head injuries are combined with multiple sections on the extremities to make this a comprehensive text for sports medicine physicians, arthroscopic surgeons, and team physicians.

A 49-year-old professional athlete undergoing hip replacement surgery for traumatic joint arthritis. Photograph courtesy of MEDLogic Inc, 1999.

Each of the clinical chapters is organized in a similar fashion and all begin with a useful "Key Points" section that bullets the critical points found in the rest of the chapter. The clinical chapters review . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Michael A. Terry, MD, Reviewer
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
mterry@uchicago.edu