Full Description
This volume is an exploration of the field of orthopaedic surgery, briefly describing its origins in antiquity, illuminating the many changes and developments that took place in the 20th century and examining the trends towards fragmentation and specialization. It also postulates what orthopaedics will be like in 2050. The book covers a wide range of areas including hip and knee replacement, arthroscopy and arthroscopic surgery, management of fractures, biomechanics, biomaterials and imaging.
Contents
Part One Major advances in the 20th centuryhip replacement, Robin Ling; total hip replacement, Mr Peter Abernethy; arthroscopy and arthroscopic surgery, Robert Jackson; the management of fractures, Christopher Colton. Part Two The scientific background: biomechanics, John Goodfellow; biomaterials, Neil Rushton; imaging, Dr Peter Renton. Part Three The fragmentation of orthopaedics: hand surgery and surgery of the upper limb, Nicholas Barton; children's surgery, John Fixsen; the spine, John Dove; the ankle and foot, Lesley Klenerman; Oncology, Henry Mankin; amputations, Lesley Klenerman. Part Four The future: orthopaedics 2050.
