Post-Traumatic Arthritis

Guilak

ISBN 10: 1489976051 / ISBN 13: 9781489976055

Published by Springer US Jun 2015, 2015

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Bringing together the most up-to-date research on post-traumatic arthritis (PTA) and its management, this book is a comprehensive presentation of the current thinking on all aspects of the mechanisms of joint injury and subsequent development of PTA. Divided into thematic sections, it includes discussions of the incidence and burden of PTA, both in society at large and in the military population specifically; the relevant experimental work on PTA, from basic science to animal models; peri-articular tissue responses to of joint injury and potential mechanisms of PTA; the current clinical assessment and treatment of common joint injuries leading to PTA; and emerging technologies and treatments for PTA, including biomarkers and stem cell therapies. Taken together, it will be an invaluable resource for orthopedic surgeons, rheumatologists and other joint injury researchers and clinicians. 380 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Post-Traumatic Arthritis
• Publisher: Springer US Jun 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1489976051
• ISBN 13: 9781489976055
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 260W x 183H x 26D millimeters 260 millimeters width by 183 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 910 grams

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Synopsis

Bringing together the most up-to-date research on post-traumatic arthritis (PTA) and its management, this book is a comprehensive presentation of the current thinking on all aspects of the mechanisms of joint injury and subsequent development of PTA. Divided into thematic sections, it includes discussions of the incidence and burden of PTA, both in society at large and in the military population specifically; the relevant experimental work on PTA, from basic science to animal models; peri-articular tissue responses to of joint injury and potential mechanisms of PTA; the current clinical assessment and treatment of common joint injuries leading to PTA; and emerging technologies and treatments for PTA, including biomarkers and stem cell therapies. Taken together, it will be an invaluable resource for orthopedic surgeons, rheumatologists and other joint injury researchers and clinicians.

About the Author

Steven A. Olson, MD, Professor, Duke University Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Durham, NC, USA

Farshid Guilak, PhD, Laszlo Ormandy Professor, Duke University Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Durham, NC, USA