Osteoarthritis : diagnosis and medical/surgical management / Roland W. Moskowitz [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moskowitz, Roland W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Osteoarthritis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 p.)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by the foremost experts, this text is a 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.

Contents:

section I. Basic considerations

section II. General aspects of diagnosis

section III. General aspects of management

section IV. Surgical considerations in osteoarthritis.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4698-6698-6

1-4698-7615-9

OCLC:

874163001