Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Wrist

Download or read book Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Wrist written by Richard H. Gelberman and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed volume of the Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery series is now in its Third Edition—thoroughly updated to reflect the latest improvements in surgical technique. The world's foremost wrist surgeons describe their preferred techniques in step-by-step detail, explain the indications and contraindications, identify pitfalls and potential complications, and offer pearls and tips for improving results. The book is thoroughly illustrated with full-color, sequential, surgeon's-eye view intraoperative photographs, as well as drawings by noted medical illustrators. This edition includes new arthroscopic techniques, novel fixation methods for distal radius and scaphoid fractures and nonunions, and new chapters on distal radio-ulnar instability and carpal instability.