Thorsons Health – Knee Problems: A patient’s guide to treatment and recovery: A Patients Guide to Surgery and Recovery - Softcover

Book 4 of 6: Thorsons Health

Villar, Richard

 
9780722532287: Thorsons Health – Knee Problems: A patient’s guide to treatment and recovery: A Patients Guide to Surgery and Recovery
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0722532288 ISBN 13: 9780722532287
Publisher: Thorsons, 1998

Synopsis

The knee is the most commonly injured joint in the body. Injuries and diseases affect all age groups. This important book clearly explains what surgery entails and how best to recover. Based on the author’s personal experience of more than 4,000 cases he explains:

how the knee works
• diseases and injuries of the knee
• alternative treatments to surgery
• keyhole surgery and knee replacement
• recovery after surgery

THE HEALTH SERIES YOU CAN TRUST FOR EXPERT AND CARING ADVICE.

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About the Author

Richard Villar is a Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. He has researched extensively in the field of the knee and lectures regularly to audience around the world. He is the author of Hip Replacement (Thorsons).

From the Back Cover

The knee is the most commonly injured joint in the body. Injuries and diseases affect all age groups, often resulting in lengthy periods away from work and sport.
Even though more than one million keyhole operations and two hundred thousand knee replacements are performed worldwide each year, little information exists for patients to learn about the knee.

Richard Villar, a specialist hip and knee surgeon, offers a clear overview of the subject as well as discussing in detail two of the most common knee operations performed. Based on his personal experience of more than four thousand cases he explains:

how the knee works

diseases and injuries of the knee

alternative treatment to surgery

arthroscopy (keyhole surgery) and knee replacement.

recovery after surgery

Richard Villar, a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, has researched extensively in the field of the knee and lectures regularly to audiences around the world.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Thorsons
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0722532288
ISBN 13 
9780722532287
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
160