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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 79:1118 (1997)
© 1997 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Book Review

PRINCIPLES OF ORTHOPAEDIC PRACTICE. ED. 2. Edited by Roger Dee, Lawrence C. Hurst, Martin A. Gruber, and Stephen A. Kottmeier. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1997. $179.00, 1522 pp.

Richard Lazar, M.D.

With the proliferation of subspecialty multiple-volume textbooks on the spine, shoulder, hand, hip, knee, foot, fractures, arthroscopy, and so on, it is amazing that anyone would attempt to compile a single-volume general textbook on orthopaedics. The editors deserve recognition for their sheer determination. Dee, the senior editor of this second edition, demonstrates his exceptional expertise for teasing out the essentials of each subject presented, and he is to be commended for the simplicity of the language. The end result is a text that is readable and educational, with a steady focus on issues that are essential for the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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