Skeletal Trauma in Old Age

by Rowley, David I.; Clift, B.

• ISBN13: 9780412487507
• ISBN10: 0412487500
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-09-01
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

University of Dundee, U.K. Interdisciplinary reference for orthopedists, general practitioners, or physical therapists on the management, prevention, and rehabilitation of joint-related fracture in the elderly. Illustrated. 20 contributors, 1 U.S.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Prevention of injuries in elderly people	p. 1
Assessment and anesthesia	p. 13
Perioperative care: the tunnel of rehabilitation	p. 27
Biomechanics of old bones	p. 45
Techniques of osteosynthesis	p. 55
Skin and other soft tissue injuries	p. 71
Non-operative treatment and early management of trauma	p. 77
Shoulder and upper humeral injuries in elderly people	p. 89
Fractures of the elbow in elderly people	p. 101
Fractures of the distal radius in elderly people	p. 109
Fractures of the hip in elderly people	p. 125
Fractures around the knee in elderly people	p. 155
Fractures of the ankle in elderly people	p. 169
Management and results of bone metastases in the elderly patient	p. 181
The geriatric amputee	p. 201
Index	p. 215
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