Handbook of Common Orthopaedic Fractures and Drugs, First Edition
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Surgery is a field of medicine that encompasses a wide spectrum of disease entities and fractures. Fractures may occur anywhere in the human and accurate assessment is essential for diagnosis and treatments. Fractures throughout the body have been extensively analyzed and classified. These classifications are based on fracture configurations, mechanism of injury or fracture stability. This has led to an overwhelming number of classifications and eponyms, which are frequently confusing and cumbersome. In addition, many fractures have multiple classifications creating further confusion. A Classification should provide therapeutic and prognostic information to be valuable in fracture management.
The First Edition of the Handbook of common Orthopaedic Fractures and Drugs is published for the practicing physician, resident, medical student and other health care professionals to simplify fracture classifications, help access fracture stability, and direct treatment, All Fractures should initially be described according to length, angulations, rotation, displacement, and degree of comminution, prior to attempting specific classification. These variables are essential in orthopaedic analysis for treatment of fractures and are incorporated in many of the classification schemas. This handbook contains the majority of fractures that have been appropriately classified and include an Eponym section for reference purposes. Extremely uncommon fractures and those without adequate classification are not included in this text.
This handbook is organized into seven sections: (1) Upper Extremity, )2) Spine, (3) Pelvis and Acetabulum, )4) Lower Extremity, (5) Pediatrics, and (6) Osteonecrosis and Osteochondrosis and (7) Eponyms, The fracture classifications are listed in a distal to proximal direction for the Upper Extremity followed by a cephalad to caudad direction for the remaining sections. The Eponym section is listed in alphabetical order and included adult and pediatric nomenclature, This organization is designed to allow quick and easy reference to specific fracture classifications.
Also included in this edition is a new section on various commonly used drugs in Orhopaedics. This section includes information for the medical community with a concise reference source for drug names and the preparations available with common dosages in a tabular format.
The Handbook of Common Orthopaedic Fractures and Drugs, 1st Edition, is physically designed to fit in a pocket to allow for easy accessibility. We continue to welcome any suggestions, comments, and criticisms that may improve our handbook.
We wish to thank Edward J. Barbieri, Ph.D., and G. John DiGregorio, M.D., Ph.D., for their assistance with the composition and preparation of this handbook.
AUTHORS
Scott Hal Kozin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anthony Clayton Berlet, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School - Newark, New Jersey
