This acclaimed volume of the Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery series is now in its Third Edition—thoroughly updated to reflect the latest improvements in operative treatment of traumatic, degenerative, and inflammatory disorders of the wrist. The world's foremost wrist surgeons describe their preferred techniques in step-by-step detail, explain the indications and contraindications, identify pitfalls and potential complications, and offer pearls and tips for improving results. The book is thoroughly illustrated with full-color, sequential, surgeon's-eye view intraoperative photographs, as well as drawings by noted medical illustrators. This edition includes new techniques for arthroscopic treatment of a variety of conditions and novel fixation methods for distal radius and scaphoid fractures and nonunions. Also included are new chapters on distal radio-ulnar instability and carpal instability.
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