Am. Acad./Orthopaedic Surgeons

Limited incisions for total hip arthroplasty.

Hip replacement surgery can make the difference between a patient's living with limited mobility and pain and that same patient's leading a relatively normal life. However, traditional total hip arthroplasty required very large incisions, leading to extended recuperative times and the high risk of infection, whether in the surgical unit or later when patients are attempting to care for the wound at home. When new incision techniques were announced to the media, both they and potential recipients immediately caught on to the idea that "minimally invasive" surgery was available, giving rise to misinformation and some unreasonable expectations. This collection of monographs with exceptional photographs and illustrations gives practitioners the current range of approaches, including the single-incision anterior, two-incision, muscle-sparing anterolateral Watson-Jones, direct lateral transmuscular, and limited incision posterior along with new material on rapid recovery after limited incision surgery. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Scaphoid fractures.

Wrist fractures, once thought to be relatively rare, are actually not only common but frequently worrisome. Past wisdom advocated removing fragments to reduce injury to other structures or wiring the patient together if necessary, but advanced research dating from as far back as the 1970s has produced more effective techniques ranging from the simple to the mind-blowing. The monographs here represent some of the latest thinking on scaphoid fractures and nonunions, including that on the anatomy of the scaphoid, challenges in imaging fractures, treatment of acute fractures and nonunions, treatment and expected outcome of transscaphoid fractures, fractures in children and treatment and outcomes for long-standing scaphoid nonunions. As is usual in this series, the clinical photographs and illustrations are excellent. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)