Emergency Orthopedics A Manual on Acute Conditions of the Locomotor System /

• Main Author: Sölveborn, Sven-Anders (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Orthopedics.; Traumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.; Emergency Medicine.; Traumatic Surgery.

Emergency Orthopedics is a practical, up-to-date, and comprehensive manual on the diagnosis and treatment of emergency injuries and disorders of the locomotor system. Its problem-based structure, with each chapter addressing a particular symptom, is designed to allow the reader to rapidly locate han...

Table of Contents:

• Major orthopaedic trauma
• Acute soft tissue injuries
• Foot injuries
• Foot pain
• Foot wounds
• Foot and ankle swelling
• Ankle injuries
• Ankle pain
• Lower leg injuries
• Lower leg pain
• Knee injuries
• Knee pain
• Knee swelling
• Knee locking
• Thigh injuries
• Thigh and groin pain
• Hip and pelvis injuries
• Hip pain in children
• Lumbar back pain
• Chest and lumbar back injuries
• Neck (cervical) injuries
• Cervical pain
• Shoulder injuries
• Shoulder pain
• Upper arm injuries
• Elbow injuries
• Elbow pain
• Forearm injuries
• Wrist injuries
• Wrist pain
• Hand injuries
• Hand infections
• Numbness of the hand, nerve injuries
• Burns
• Basic injection techniques
• Osteoporosis.