This pocket-sized go-anywhere guide is the ideal on-the-spot reference for residents and practitioners seeking fast facts on fracture management. The book's easy-access format provides key information on fractures in adults and in children, including epidemiology, anatomy, mechanism of injury, radiologic evaluation, classification, treatment, and management of complications. New and updated features include a more standardized approach to fracture classification...specific imaging guidelines...an explanation of the limits of closed treatment...a range of treatment options and guides for "after care"...and anatomic overviews.