Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 12

Backed by clinical research, informed by practical experience and rigorously edited by specialty thought leaders, OKU 12 is the most comprehensive update available of critical issues and developments impacting orthopaedic patient care today. It offers a balanced, high-level update of the latest advances in clinical thinking across all orthopaedic specialty areas, with summaries of core content at the beginning of each section enhancing patient care with clinical guidelines and best practices. An essential resource at every level of orthopaedic specialization: - Daily practice - enhance patient care with clinical guidelines and best practices supported by the latest evidence - Ongoing learning - explore vast amounts of new knowledge and clinical thinking across all orthopaedic specialty areas - First-time board certification - access information you need to know but won't find in most textbooks - Maintenance of Certification (MOC) - prepare with confidence with objective, unbiased coverage of key topics and concepts All-new content from the top minds in orthopaedics: - 800 pages of new content - Person-centered care - Pain management - Traumatic bone loss - Orthopaedic infection - Vertebral compression fractures - High-tech genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics - Completely new chapters on Bone Grafting, Shoulder Arthritis, and Regulation Approval of Orthopaedic Products