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Osteoarthritis: Diagnosis and Medical/Surgical Management

Publication Year:
2006
Edition:
4th
Author:
Moskowitz, Roland W., MD; Altman, Roy D., MD; Buckwalter, Joseph A., MS, MD; Goldberg, Victor M., MD; Hochberg, Marc C., MD, MPH
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
ISBN:
978-0-78-176707-1
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score:
88
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Text is a comprehensive clinical reference on osteoarthritis.

Chapters review current information on the epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, and pathology of osteoarthritis, the biochemistry and molecular and cell biology of articular cartilage, and experimental models of osteoarthritis. Major sections focus on clinical presentations, roentgenologic and laboratory diagnosis, and treatment, including pharmacologic treatment, intra-articular therapy, surgery, arthroscopy, and complementary and alternative medicine.

The authors discuss the indications, outcomes, and complications of various orthopaedic procedures. Chapters present orthopaedic approaches to osteoarthritis of various joints—the shoulder, hand, wrist, elbow, hip, knee, foot, ankle, and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.
  • Comprehensive coverage of current knowledge in the basic science of osteoarthritis--epidemiology, biochemistry, pathophysiology, biomechanics, experimental models, cartilage repair
  • Focus on clinical aspects of disease presentation, diagnosis, pharmacologic therapy, intra-articular therapy, and orthopaedic approaches to osteoarthritis of various joints
  • Coverage of orthopaedic approaches includes indications, expected results/outcomes, and complications
  • This edition includes new contributing authors
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OvidSP
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
Product Type:
Book
Author:
Moskowitz, Roland W., MD; Altman, Roy D., MD; Buckwalter, Joseph A., MS, MD; Goldberg, Victor M., MD; Hochberg, Marc C., MD, MPH
ISBN:
978-0-78-176707-1
Specialty:
  • Internal Medicine
  • Orthopedics
  • Rheumatology
Language:
English
Edition:
4th
Pages:
256
Publication Year:
2006
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score:
88

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