Radiology of Skeletal Trauma: 2-Volume Set

By Lee F. Rogers

Thoroughly updated and revised, the New Edition of this classic 2-volume set offers a comprehensive description of the role of diagnostic imaging (including plain film, computed tomography, isotopic bone scanning, and magnetic resonance imaging) in the evaluation of skeletal injury. The 3rd Edition includes the latest advances in the use of CT, especially helical CT, in the assessment of trauma to the skull, face, spine, pelvis, and various sites in the appendicular skeleton.Discusses the epidemiology of fractures; the classification of various special fractures, including chondral, osteochondral, stress, and pathologic; and the patient with multiple injuries.
Explores the effects of various traumatic childhood injuries upon the growing skeleton.
Offers a chapter on the skull, focusing on differential diagnosis as it relates to congenital anomalies.
Addresses diagnostic pitfalls for a complete range of common, rare, and acute injuries.Presents the latest information on the role of helical CT and MR imaging in the evaluation of acute skeletal trauma.
Provides nearly 3000 radiographs, CTs, and MR images along with a wealth of line drawings-richly depicting the principal features of all common fractures and dislocations.
Incorporates contributions from 28 new authors, providing expert perspectives on all of the latest techniques.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443065632
• ISBN13: 9780443065637
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 1488 Pages
• Weight: 10.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 14.8" x 3.0" x 9.5"