Comprehensive, yet concise, this updated and expanded best-seller in the proven question-and-answer format of the Secrets Series® covers virtually every area of orthopedics in its approximately 100 chapters. Perfect for clinicians as a refresher or for students as a review for oral exams.

Salient Features
* Powerful analyses of conditions commonly seen in orthopedic practice
* 10 sections that clearly divide material into general topics, congenital and developmental disorders, and specific anatomic regions
* Thought-provoking questions that provide succinct answers
* Presentation of a vast amount of information, but not overly simplistic

Table of Contents
1 Osteoarthritis
2 Crystalline Arthropathies
3 Inflammatory Arthropathies
4 Rheumatoid Arthritis
5 Septic Arthritis
6 Ostemyelitis
7 Open Fractures
8 Deep Venous Thrombosis
9 Pulmonary Problems
10 Surgical Nutrition
11 Diagnostic Radiology
12 Neuclear Medicine
13 Computed Tomography
14 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
15 Multiple Trauma
16 Bone Grafting
17 Bone Tumors

CONGENITAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
18 Connective Tissue Disorders
19 Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
20 Cerebral Palsy/Neuromusc. Disease
21 Miscellaneous Congenital Disorders

SHOULDER
22 Subacromial Syndromes
23 Shoulder Instability
24 Injuries of the Shoulder-Athletes
25 Acromioclavicular/Sterno Joints
26 Arthritis,Arthroplasty, Arthrodesis
27 Pediatric Shoulder
28 Shoulder Arthroscopy
29 Fractures of the Shoulder

THE ELBOW AND FOREARM
30 Elbow Dislocation
31 Throwing Injuries (Elbow)
32 Arthroscopy of the Elbow
33 Arthritis of the Elbow
34 Compartment Syndrome
35 Nerve Entrapment
36 Elbow