Contributions

  • Moskowitz, Roland W. - Contributor

Publication

2007 - Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

117,500 words, Guess

Page Count

470 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006030158
  • LibraryThing5560976
  • Goodreads3022700

Classifications

  • DDC616.7/22
  • LCCRC931.O67 O88 2007

Description

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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • OsteoarthritisWolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins2007

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