Overview

This unique case-based book offers an outstanding hands-on approach for the treatment of the key fractures of the hand, wrist distal radius and scaphoid (including soft tissue injuries). Each case explains step-by-step: case history, planning, approach, reduction, fixation, and rehabilitation. The text is reduced to the essence and allows a fast overview of each case. Hundreds of full-color illustrations, intraoperative pictures, and x-rays demonstrate every step of the techniques and methods used. Jesse Jupiter gives his personal insights for each fracture with all of the pitfalls and pearls learned - this helps the reader getting out of difficult situations with different alternative methods based on the great experience of the author. The included CD-ROM contains step-by-step presentation of the operation supported with intraoperative videos and animations illustrating the critical steps. All levels of surgeons focusing on hand surgery will get key information for their daily work from this innovative AO Manual series.

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9783131276117

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Reviews

Extraordinary book...extremely well illustrated with full-color photographs, radiographs, and drawings. A DVD-ROM accompanies the text and provides concise, narrated intraoperative videos, teaching videos, and animations. The narrative contains only essential details and thus provides a fast overview of each case. Figures comprise more than half of the book and are clearly referenced in the text and convenient to follow. The strengths of this book are its impressive organization and easy readability. It offers a unique, visual-based learning experience, enhanced by numerous video clips and beautiful color photography. It is concise and clearly written. ...Rehabilitation specialists should find [the book] intriguing. ...An excellent resource.--Journal of Orthopaedics and Sports Physical TherapyAn outstanding reference and technique manual on management of hand and wrist fractures using AO principles and fixation devices...informative and practical...should be available in all orthopaedic libraries. --Doody's Book Reviews

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Jesse B. Jupiter

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