Fractures in the Elderly

By Kenneth J. Koval and V. Strasburger

This volume offers practical guidance on the management of fractures in elderly patients. The first part of the book addresses general issues such as epidemiology of fractures in the elderly, metabolic bone disease, principles and aims of fracture management, outcome assessment, preoperative medical evaluation, anaesthesia, postoperative complications, rehabilitation in the elderly, and management of multiply-injured patients. The second part covers fractures in specific anatomic regions. The work concludes with a discussion of the treatment of pathological fracturesm non-union and malunion, and osteomyelitis.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0397518250
• ISBN13: 9780397518258
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.