Publisher's Synopsis
This major revision of Aston's "Short Textbook of Orthopaedics and Traumatology" includes additional illustrations, including X-rays, and new sections on basic sciences, total joint replacement, fractures in children, rehabilitation, treatment of fractures in the multiple injured patient and management of tumours.;The book is intended for use on the medical undergraduate course in orthopaedic surgery and in emergency medicine; it may also be useful for nurses in accident and emergency departments, physiotherapists and GPs.