Fractures and Injuries of the Distal Radius and Carpus: The Cutting Edge
563 pp, $229
Philadelphia, PA, Saunders/Elsevier, 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-4083-5
- Mark H. Gonzalez, MD, MEng, ReviewerDepartment of Orthopedic SurgeryStroger Hospital of Cook CountyDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Illinois at Chicago hiphand15@gmail.com
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- KEYWORDS:
- ARM
- ARM BONES
- ARM INJURIES
- FRACTURES, BONE
- HUMERAL FRACTURES
- RADIUS
- RADIUS FRACTURES
- ULNA FRACTURES
- WRIST
- WRIST INJURIES
Fractures of the Distal Radius and Carpus: The Cutting Edge is a useful addition to the literature. The book is well written and provides excellent discussion of standard techniques and newer state-of-the-art procedures. The authors are well known in the field and have a broad expertise. The book has 57 chapters divided into 8 parts, plus an additional 9 Web chapters and 41 Web videos. The reader is able to access the Web material using a special code provided at the beginning of the book.
Parts 1 through 5 (chapters 1-24) are devoted to fractures of the distal radius. The treatment of this topic is comprehensive. Chapters are devoted to evaluation, imaging, and surgical approaches. The older techniques of fixation, including percutaneous pinning, external fixation, and dorsal plating, are discussed. Newer techniques of volar plating, intramedullary fixation, arthroscopy-assisted fixation, and fragment-specific fixation are also discussed in detail. Volar locking plate …
