This text details the basics and the latest of densitometry. This edition, updated and expanded, covers new applications and includes new material on radiation safety and an entire appendix devoted to the recent ISCD Position Development Conference.

Written in a question-and-answer format, this book is ideal as a supplemental study aid in preparation for board examinations and as a refresher prior to performing surgeries. This review features 5,276 questions and answers.

Helps readers face each surgical challenge with confidence. This title includes chapters that provides detailed coverage of the advanced procedures and techniques.

Pocketbook of Hand and Upper Extremity Anatomy: Primus Manus features exquisitely detailed full-color photographs of dissections and line drawings of all major anatomic entities. The written descriptions of anatomy are in bulleted format to allow quick access to the material. The book also describes clinical correlations for major diseases and includes various mnemonic devices.

Focuses on pediatric orthopaedics aimed at the resident in orthopaedics, the general orthopaedic surgeon, and the pediatrician. This title is packed with relevanat clinical information and a multitude of illustrations presented in a highly structured style.

This bestselling, concise, pocket-sized handbook is a valuable guide filled with the most current and practical clinical exam techniques used during an orthopaedic examination. This edition takes a simplistic approach to visualizing and explaining more than 150 commonly used orthopaedic special tests.

New pathways have been discovered and expanded our knowledge of the ways in which genes and gene products affect bone cells and thereby bone mass and bone strength.