Orthopaedic Knowledge Update

Selected as a Doody’s Core Title for 2025!


Orthopaedic Knowledge Update® 14, edited by Leesa M. Galatz, MD, MBA, FAAOS, and Frederick M. Azar, MD, FAAOS, brings you a comprehensive synthesis of the latest clinical thinking and best practices across all orthopaedic specialty areas. OKU® 14 covers developments of the last three years with revisions and updates based on new evidence, outcomes, and innovations in the recent literature, including annotated references. Keep pace with the rapidly evolving body of orthopaedic knowledge and clinical practice with OKU’s objective, balanced coverage. Backed by clinical research, informed by practical experience, and rigorously edited by thought leaders across the orthopaedic specialties, OKU®14 is your most up-to-date resource to guide your delivery of high-quality orthopaedic patient care today.

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:
Over 1,000 pages of new content, such as chapters on:

• Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning
• Structure and Biology of Normal and Diseased Bones
• Musculoskeletal Mechanics and Kinesiology
• Applications of Three-Dimensional Technology in Orthopaedic Surgery
• Inflammation and Immunology
• Ligament Injuries of the Wrist
• Ligament Injuries to the Knee
• Articular Cartilage of the Knee
• Meniscal Pathology, Repair, and Transplant
• Sarcomas of Bone

And much more

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