Publisher's Synopsis
This gold-standard three-volume set is a comprehensive text for residents in training and practicing orthopaedists. Now in its Fifth Edition, this widely renowned and established tool features new authors, new illustrations, new technology, and new techniques. With a format that is thorough, it remains clearly written and is designed for reader ease. Chapter outlines, tables, boxes and graphics contain a generous amount of information. Updated topics include X-rays and surgical anatomy. Two volumes comprise fractures in adults, with a third that covers fractures in children.Each volume is accompanied by a CD-ROM, which features fully searchable text of the volume and power point presentation (with simple animation) of surgical procedures--40 procedures for adults; 20 procedures for children. Each CD-ROM also provides PubMed access.
