Total Hip Replacement: Replacement Technology and Local Complications: Replacement Technology and Local Complications

Author: Peter E. Ochsner
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book is compiled by Peter E. Ochsner, a renowned orthopedic expert from Switzerland, and is divided into 16 chapters. Chapters 1 and 2 introduce the methods for reviewing and analyzing medical records. Chapter 3 covers the individual techniques of total hip replacement, including indications, surgical planning, surgical steps, and postoperative management. Chapters 4 to 15 discuss the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of complications such as postoperative hematoma, infection, dislocation, leg length discrepancy, limping, periarticular ossification, vascular complications, and pain. Chapter 16 provides an introduction to preoperative counseling. The book is rich in content, concise in description, well-illustrated, and highly practical, making it suitable for orthopedic physicians and graduate students at all levels for reference.