Thoroughly updated for its Third Edition, this pocket-sized go-anyplace guide is the perfect on-the-spot reference for residents and practitioners seeking quick facts on fracture management and classification. Chapters organized by anatomic site offer key information on fractures in adults and in kids, counting epidemiology, anatomy, mechanism of injury, clinical evaluation, radiologic evaluation, classification, treatment, and management of complications. The book's simple-access format features numerous charts, tables, diagrams, illustrations, and bulleted lists. Two new chapters in this edition cover closed reduction, casting, and traction, and orthopaedic analgesia. Handbook of Fractures, Third Edition will in addition be available for PDAs. See PDA listing for details.