Broken Bones

This atlas presents X-ray images of nearly every bone in the body broken, accompanied by written descriptions and clinical context.

This atlas illustrates the spectrum of fractures and dislocations throughout the skeleton using high-quality radiologic images and clinical descriptions, thereby duplicating the experience of reviewing this subject with an expert teaching physician. Decades of experience have been distilled into one easy-reading, extensively illustrated book.Broken Bones contains 434 individual cases and 1,101 radiologic images illustrating the typical and less typical appearances of fractures and dislocations throughout the body. The first chapter describes fractures and dislocations of the fingers, starting with fractures of the phalangeal tufts and progressing through the distal, middle, and proximal phalanges and the DIP and PIP joints. Subsequent chapters cover the metacarpals, the carpal bones, the radius and ulna, the elbow and upper arm, and the shoulder and thoracic cage. The cervical spine and the thoracic and lumbosacral spine are covered in separate chapters, followed by the pelvis, the femur, the knee and lower leg, the ankle, the tarsal bones, and the metatarsals and toes. The final three chapters cover the face, fractures and dislocations in children, and fractures and dislocations caused by bullets and nonmilitary blasts.