Diagnosis and Management of Pathologic Fractures

Joseph M. Lane, John H. Healey (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

1993
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Verlag)
978-0-7817-0062-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Offers comprehensive guidance on the diagnosis and management of the most common pathologic fractures seen by orthopaedists in daily practice. These are fractures caused by such disorders as osteoporosis, Paget's disease, metastatic cancer, and primary malignant and benign tumours.

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This volume offers comprehensive guidance on the diagnosis and management of the most common pathologic fractures seen by orthopaedists in daily practice - fractures caused by osteoporosis, Paget's disease, metastatic cancer and primary malignant and benign tumours. It reviews the primary disease aetiology and pathophysiology of each form of pathologic fracture and explains the principles of management. The treatment strategies presented have been successfully used in practice.

Inhalt

The biology of pathological fracture repair; skeletal failure in osteoporosis; therapeutic concepts in the treatment of osteoporotic fractures; osteogenesis imperfecta; Paget's disease; metastatic bone disease - epidemiology, biology, diagnosis and treatment; fracture management of appendicular metastases; pathological fractures of the spine secondary to neoplastic disease; resection of pathologic fractures in malignant primary and metastatic tumours; management of benign frature through benign lesions.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.1993
• Zusatzinfo: 12 tables, 7 line drawings, 192 halftones
• Verlagsort: Philadelphia
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 216 x 279 mm
• Gewicht: 1040 g
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Unfallchirurgie / Orthopädie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7817-0062-0 / 0781700620
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-0062-7 / 9780781700627
• Zustand: Neuware