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Here's the guidance needed to evaluate and treat common fractures and to identify uncommon fractures that should be referred to a specialist. Full chapter coverage of specific bones or joints and their fractures details anatomic considerations, clinical symptoms and signs, radiographic findings, indications for orthopedic referral, strategies for management, and more. Includes one-page management tables that summarize pertinent aspects of diagnosis and treatment. Detailed, step-by-step descriptions present selected closed reduction techniques for some displaced fractures. Uses schematic illustrations to portray important anatomic relationships of bones and joints. Includes one-page management tables that summarize pertinent aspects of diagnosis and treatment Illustrates selected closed reduction techniques with detailed descriptions and figures Uses schematic illustrations to portray important anatomic relationships of bones and joints