Carpal injuries: Anatomy, radiology, current treatment

ISBN-13: 9782817807799 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 199 str.

Philippe Saffar

Opis

Classification of the carpal injuries helps us to understand the relationship between them. The growing interest in this field has been advanced by recent imaging techniques. Therapeutic advice and treatment are still not completely defined, even by the most renowned specialists. There is still room for new concepts.

Spis treści

General aspects.- Anatomy and biomechanics of the normal wrist.- Clinical examination of the wrist.- Investigations.- Common lesions.- Carpal dislocations.- Carpal instability.- Fracture of the scaphoid.- Pseudarthrosis of the scaphoid.- The adaptive carpus.- Rare syndroms.- Dislocations.- Fractures.- Crush injuries.- References.