ENGLISH

Osteoarthritis: Diagnosis and Medical/Surgical Management

By Roland W. Moskowitz , Roy D. Altman , Joseph A. Buckwalter , Victor M. Goldberg , Marc C. Hochberg

Book information

Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Year
2006
ISBN
0781767075, 9780781767071
LCC
RC931.O67 O88 2007
Open Library ID
OL17549242M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
36 MB (37878411 bytes)
Edition
Fourth
Pages
528\0
Topic
Medicine
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Written by the foremost experts, this text is a comprehensive clinical reference on osteoarthritis. Chapters review current information on the epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, and pathology of osteoarthritis, the biochemistry and molecular and cell biology of articular cartilage, and experimental models of osteoarthritis. Major sections focus on clinical presentations, roentgenologic and laboratory diagnosis, and treatment, including pharmacologic treatment, intra-articular therapy, surgery, arthroscopy, and complementary and alternative medicine. Mp>The authors discuss the indications, outcomes, and complications of various orthopaedic procedures. Chapters present orthopaedic approaches to osteoarthritis of various joints - the shoulder, hand, wrist, elbow, hip, knee, foot, ankle, and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.

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