Ao: 66 books

This book presents a guide to elastic stable intramedullary nailing (ESIN) in children. This surgical approach to managing pediatric fractures is explained in more than 30 illustrated cases with detailed step-by-step descriptions. An accompanying DVD contains the AO Teaching Video Special Edition...

Applying new technologies, presenting your experience, and, of course, thinking of your current practice in the light of new evidence, needs some understanding of clinical research methodology.This book is not a textbook, but a brief guidance for clinical research practice. It aims at bridging the...

Un récit court et poignant qui se passe sous l’occupation allemande, durant la Première Guerre mondiale, dans une famille ouvrière. Le père combat de l’autre côté du front, la maison est occupée par des militaires allemands. La vie est dure. On résiste à l’occupant mais, en même temps,...

The SMART Approach to Spine Clinical Research is a must-have guide for spine care professionals seeking to make a meaningful contribution to the scientific literature and advance their careers by publishing high-quality clinical research. Planning, conducting, and publishing the results of your clinical...

Spine Outcomes Measures and Instruments evaluates and summarizes more than 100 outcomes instruments for the spine and its associated diseases. The book addresses important questions such as: What outcomes are important to patients and clinicians? Which questions are used to build a specific...

* What outcomes are important to patients and clinicians? * How is a specific instrument scored? * Has it undergone reliability testing? * In what population was it validated, and how did it perform?This pocket-sized handbook, covering all the major musculoskeletal outcomes instruments in use today,...

« En cette cinquième année du règne du très pieux Louis1, par la divine Providence, Empereur auguste, au nom de Notre Dieu et Sauveur Jésus-Christ, nous vous faisons savoir que nous avons interrogé Matmonoc, abbé du monastère de Landévennec, sur la façon de vivre des moines de ces régions...

Casts, Splints, and Support Bandages: Nonoperative Treatment and Perioperative Protection provides an extensive overview of the history, principles, methods, and techniques for applying a modern plaster or synthetic cast. The book comprises three sections: The Principles of Casting section outlines...

Traditionally, each specialty involved in craniomaxillofacial trauma and orthognathic surgery had its own areas of interest and expertise. This introductory textbook is different in that it presents the combined and focused expertise and competence of the different specialties on the entire craniofacial...

In the course of evaluating the patient with spinal disease, a myriad of measurements need to be performed before determining the diagnosis and the severity of the disease process. This text explicitly outlines the measurement of the spine from a clinical, laboratory, and radiographic approach. A...

Care of spinal conditions has become increasingly complex and confusing. Classification systems can help in understanding the subject matter at hand, but have exploded in numbers and complexity. Attempts at extracting classifications of spinal disorders are cumbersome and require careful study of...

Minimally invasive spine surgery, in some form or other, has historical roots dating back more than 100 years, and recent advances in technology now make it increasingly effective in treating suitable spine patients. While minimally invasive approaches have shown to reduce muscle damage, blood loss,...

Written by leading surgeons with expertise in performing osteotomies around the knee, this book is an essential reference for the current techniques in joint-preserving knee surgery. The book opens with a thorough discussion of physiology, pathophysiology, clinical evaluation, and imaging. It then...

A la fin du VIIIe siècle, l'Europe est en émoi. On les appelle les Normands. Ils en ont envahis une bonne partie. Rarement vaincus, ils ont forcé les plus grands souverains à négocier et à les payer pour éviter un désastre et des massacres. Leurs flottes de navire improprement nommés Drakkar, qui ne représentent en fait que la proue de ces navires.