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Complications in Orthopaedics: Sports Medicine

  • 1st Edition - July 29, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Stephen R. Thompson, Stephen R. Thompson, Matthew Schmitz
  • Language: English

One of the hallmarks of a master surgeon is the ability to navigate a wide variety of inevitable difficult situations in surgery, whether errors in judgment, technical mistakes, or… Read more

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One of the hallmarks of a master surgeon is the ability to navigate a wide variety of inevitable difficult situations in surgery, whether errors in judgment, technical mistakes, or unavoidable outcomes. Complications in Orthopaedic Surgery is a new series designed to provide real-world guidance on recognizing and avoiding errors, as well as how to “course-correct” during surgery. In this inaugural volume dedicated to sports medicine surgery, series editor Dr. Stephen R. Thompson and Dr. Matthew Schmitz describe and demonstrate practical solutions that are integral to improving patient outcomes.

Key features

  • Covers a wide variety of procedures, including meniscus repair and transplantation, revision ACL reconstruction, pediatric ACL surgery, cartilage surgery in adults and children, knee osteotomies, acromioclavicular surgery, hip arthroscopy, and much more.
  • Describes and offers solutions to the most common or most devastating errors and complications in the practice of sports medicine surgery, combining the breadth of knowledge of academic surgeons with the in-the-trenches skills of community surgeons.
  • Uses an easy-to-follow, standardized chapter format that covers preoperative errors, intraoperative issues, and postoperative complications.
  • Includes procedural video clips to reinforce discussions in the text.
  • Features a full-color design with numerous photographs, radiographs, and illustrations.
  • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Readership

Orthopaedic residents, Orthopaedic surgeons, Sports Medicine Specialists

Review quotes

"Perhaps the most impactful thing surgeons can do to optimize outcomes and patient satisfaction is to avoid complications. This wonderful text focuses on that goal and will improve the outcomes for every surgeon who reads it and every patient who is lucky enough to have a surgeon that has read this book."

-Mark R Hutchinson, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine) Doodys Review Service

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 23, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Stephen R. Thompson

Stephen R. Thompson, MD, MEd, FRCSC is a sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon at Northern Light Orthopedics. He completed his medical school at the University of Sydney, Residency at University of Maryland and Fellowship at the Fowler-Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic in London, Ontario and then his second at the Oakville Sports Injury Clinic in Oakville, Ontario. Dr. Thompson is a recognized expert in sports medicine. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the widely used and highly respected reference textbook DeLee and Drez’s Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. Dr. Thompson has spent a significant time studying medical education and standardized testing. He has applied this knowledge in his role as the Editor-in-Chief of Miller's Review of Orthopaedics.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Sports Medicine, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, University of Maine, Bangor, Maine, USA

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Stephen R. Thompson

Stephen R. Thompson, MD, MEd, FRCSC is a sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon at Northern Light Orthopedics. He completed his medical school at the University of Sydney, Residency at University of Maryland and Fellowship at the Fowler-Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic in London, Ontario and then his second at the Oakville Sports Injury Clinic in Oakville, Ontario. Dr. Thompson is a recognized expert in sports medicine. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the widely used and highly respected reference textbook DeLee and Drez’s Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. Dr. Thompson has spent a significant time studying medical education and standardized testing. He has applied this knowledge in his role as the Editor-in-Chief of Miller's Review of Orthopaedics.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Sports Medicine, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, University of Maine, Bangor, Maine, USA

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Matthew Schmitz

Affiliations and expertise
Chief, Pediatric Orthopaedics and Young Adult HipPreservation, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, USA

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