Bone and Joint Injuries (Third Edition)

Author: Wang Yicong, Editor-in-Chief
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Publication Date: 1980-08-01
Features: Bone and Joint Injuries is one of the outstanding orthopedic works in China over the past two decades, and the first two editions have long been sold out. At the turn of the century and millennium, the book's editor-in-chief invited several new authors and the original authors to update and revise most of the content, completing the third edition. These facts demonstrate the vitality of the book and are truly inspiring. The book has its unique style and characteristics. First, the various editions are consistent with each other, carrying forward and promoting the guiding ideology and scientific spirit of Professor Meng Jimao, a renowned predecessor in orthopedics, regarding the understanding and treatment of bone and joint injuries: in diagnosis, emphasis should be placed on the entire process of the formation, existence, and development of injuries; in treatment, a wide range of methods should be consulted, strengths should be highlighted while weaknesses should be discarded, and the basis should be the normal movement of the human body, without being limited to routine operations or a single technique. In terms of theoretical principles, one should be good at learning, draw on the essence, combine practical experience, and synthesize and develop to form distinctive characteristics. Second, Bone and Joint Injuries is clearly oriented toward clinical practice, with theory serving practical application. The content is precise and concise. It emphasizes the application of various injuries, as well as traumatic anatomy, biomechanics, and mechanisms of injury. It provides detailed descriptions of clinical imaging diagnosis methods and developing treatment principles and techniques, along with appropriate evaluations. The general part is an important source of enlightenment and guidance for mastering and applying the content of the book, making it worth reading repeatedly.