Main description:

This volume addresses the issues, complications and treatments that face hip specialists and general orthopaedic surgeons in both the surgical and non-surgical treatment of hip fractures. Over 500 photographs and drawings explain the various types of hip fractures. In addition, this book covers epidemiology and mechanisms of injury, diagnosis, treatment principles, rehabilitation, outcome assessment, and the economics of treatment and prevention. Hip Fractures provides complete coverage of the diagnostic and technical techniques making it the definitive source for decision making.

Contents:

One Anatomy.- Two Epidemiology and Mechanism of Injury.- Three Diagnosis.- Four Treatment Principles.- Five Femoral Neck Fractures.- Six Intertrochanteric Fractures.- Seven Subtrochanteric Fractures.- Eight Pitfalls and Their Avoidance.- Nine Rehabilitation.- Ten Outcome Assessment.- Eleven Economics of Hip Fracture Treatment.- Twelve Prevention.