AAOS. ORTHOPAEDIC KNOWLEDGE UPDATE 12

• Section 1 - Principles of Orthopaedics
Chapter 1. Orthopaedic Research
Chapter 2. Levels of Evidence and Grades of Recommendation
Chapter 3. Patient Safety and Core Competencies
Chapter 4. Regulation Approval of Orthopaedic Products
Chapter 5. Patient-Centered Care: Communication Skills and Cultural Competence
Chapter 6. Health Policy
Chapter 7. Medical and Surgical Risk Factors
Chapter 8. Polytrauma Care
Chapter 9. Coagulation and Blood Management
Chapter 10. Fracture Repair: Update on Mechanism and Antagonists
Chapter 11. Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
Chapter 12. Musculoskeletal Imaging Principles
• Section 2 - Systemic Disorders
Chapter 13. Molecular Diagnostics in the Classification of and Selection of Treatment for Sarcomas of Bone and Soft Tissue
Chapter 14. Bone and Calcium Metabolism
Chapter 15. Arthritis and Other Cartilage Disorders
Chapter 16. Collagen and Extracellular Matrix Disorders
Chapter 17. Myopathies
Chapter 18. Nerve Disorders
Chapter 19. Musculoskeletal Oncology: Benign Tumors of Bone and Soft Tissue
Chapter 20. Malignant Tumors of Bone and Soft Tissue
Chapter 21. Orthopaedic Infections
Chapter 22. Pain Management
• Section 3: Upper Extremity
Chapter 23. Humerus and Shoulder: Fractures and Nonunions
Chapter 24. Shoulder Arthritis
Chapter 25. Shoulder Instability
Chapter 26. Shoulder and Elbow Tendinopathy
Chapter 27. Elbow and Forearm Fractures
Chapter 28. Elbow Reconstruction
Chapter 29. Hand and Wrist Fractures and Nonunions
Chapter 30. Hand and Wrist Reconstruction
• Section 4 - Lower Extremity
Chapter 31. Hip Pathology: Degenerative
Chapter 32. Hip Pathology: Dysplasia
Chapter 33. Fractures of the Pelvis and Acetabulum
Chapter 34. Femur Fractures
Chapter 35. Degenerative Knee Pathology
Chapter 36. Soft-Tissue Injuries About the Knee
Chapter 37. Tibial Plateau and Shaft Fractures
Chapter 38. Management of Tibial Bone Loss
Chapter 39. Degenerative Ankle Pathology
Chapter 40. Ankle and Hindfoot Fractures
• Section 5 - Spine
Chapter 41. Bone Grafting
Chapter 42. Degenerative Cervical Conditions
Chapter 43. Cervical Spine Trauma
Chapter 44. Disc Degeneration and Pain in the Lumbar Spine
Chapter 45. Lumbar and Thoracic Disk Herniations
Chapter 46. Lumbar Stenosis and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Chapter 47. Thoracolumbar Trauma
Chapter 48. Thoracolumbar Minimally Invasive Surgery Techniques
Chapter 49. Spine Infection
Chapter 50. Adult Lumbar and Thoracolumbar Deformity
Chapter 51. Current Concepts in Primary Benign, Primary Malignant, and Metastatic Tumors of the Spine
Chapter 52. Vertebral Compression Fractures
• Section 6 - Pediatric
Chapter 53. Pediatric Shoulder, Upper Arm, and Elbow Trauma
Chapter 54. Forearm, Wrist, and Hand Trauma: Pediatrics
Chapter 55. Pediatric Upper Extremity Disorders
Chapter 56. Pediatric Spine Disorders and Spine Trauma
Chapter 57. Trauma to the Pelvis, Hip, and Femur: Pediatrics
Chapter 58. Pediatric Hip Disorders
Chapter 59. Pediatric Knee, Leg, Ankle, and Foot Trauma
Chapter 60. Lower Extremity and Foot Disorders: Pediatrics
Chapter 61. Injuries and Conditions of the Pediatric and Adolescent Athlete
Chapter 62. Skeletal Dysplasias, Connective Tissue Diseases, and Other Genetic Disorders
Chapter 63. Neuromuscular Disorders in Children
Chapter 64. Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infections, Inflammatory Disorders, and Nonaccidental Fractures

OKU 12 brings you a comprehensive synthesis of the latest clinical thinking and best practices across all orthopaedic specialty areas. Keep pace with the rapidly changing body of orthopaedic knowledge and clinical practice with OKU’s objective, balanced coverage in easily accessible formats, including new on-demand, fully-searchable digital versions.
Backed by clinical research, informed by practical experience and rigorously edited by specialty thought leaders, OKU 12 is the most up-to-date resource available anywhere for delivering 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:
• 867 pages of new content
• Person-centered care
• Pain management
• Traumatic bone loss
• Orthopaedic infection
• Vertebral compression fractures
• High-tech genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics
• Completely new chapters on Bone Grafting, Shoulder Arthritis, and Regulation Approval of Orthopaedic Products

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