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Surgical Techniques in Sports Medicine
Edited by N. S. ElAttrache, C. D. Harner, R. Mirzayan, and J. K. Sekiya
694 pp, $199
Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-5427-9
JAMA. 2008;300(3):334-335.
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Surgical Techniques in Sports Medicine provides readers with an overview of surgical techniques used in the treatment of the most common sports injuries. The book is a surgical guide to established, up-to-date sports medicine procedures and provides more than simple operative instructions. The authors remain concise but provide detail on the history of each technique, indications and contraindications, a step-by-step description of each procedure, pitfalls and alternatives, rehabilitation and return to activities, outcomes, and future directions, along with an extensive bibliography. The description of surgical procedure is the highlight of each chapter and allows the casual reader to understand and better appreciate these surgical protocols. The sports medicine surgeon can obtain a description detailed enough to understand the authors' perspectives and insight.
The 66 chapters describe a majority of the surgical procedures used in the practice of sports medicine. Various clinical entities will have more than a single chapter devoted . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Jonathan B. Shook, MD, Reviewer
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
jshook@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu
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