This eleventh volume in the EUROPEAN INSTRUCTIONAL LECTURES series continues the format of educational chapters from across Orthopaedics and Traumatology contributed by distinguished Orthopaedic Educators in Europe.
It provides up-to-date material and major advances covering a range of topics including:

General Orthopaedics, Basic Science and Technology
Musculo-skeletal Tumours
Infections
Paediatric Orthopaedics
Trauma
Spine
Upper Limb
Hip
Knee
Leg, Ankle and Foot
All the lectures were presented at the 12th EFORT Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The lectures are an authoritative source of information illustrated by radiographs, MRI and CT Scans, operative photographs, tables and line drawings. They are a valuable source of instruction for Surgeons and Trainees alike.
This book was edited by Professor George Bentley, Chairman, Scientific Publications Committee of EFORT

CONTENTS
General Orthopaedics, Basic Science and Technology
Bone Substitutes in Clinical Work
Jari Salo
Epidemiology and Variability of Orthopaedic
Procedures Worldwide
Maria de Fatima de Pina, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, and Carlos Santos
Bone and Joint Tumours
Cartilage Forming Bone Tumours
Antonie H.M. Taminiau, Judith V.M.G. Bovée, Carla S.P. van Rijswijk,
Hans A.J. Gelderblom, and Michiel A.J. van de Sande
Paediatrics
The Current State of Treatment for Clubfoot in Europe
Rüdiger Krauspe, Kristina Weimann-Stahlschmidt, and B. Westhoff
Polytrauma: Pelvis
Management of Pelvic Fractures
Peter V. Giannoudis and Frangiskos Xypnitos
Shoulder, Elbow, Arm and Forearm
The Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis
Carlos Torrens
Spine (incl. Trauma)
Spine Injury: Polytrauma Management
Benny Dahl
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Surgical Management of Tuberculosis of the Spine
Ahmet Alanay and Deniz Olgun
Hand and Wrist
Scaphoid Fractures
Joseph J. Dias
Hip
Bearing Surfaces
Theofilos Karachalios and George Karydakis
Hip Pain in the Young Adult
Moritz Tannast, Christoph E. Albers, Simon D. Steppacher,
and Klaus A. Siebenrock
Bone Loss Around the Acetabular Component
Jonathan Howell and Ben Bolland
Knee
The Uni-Knee: Indications, and Recent Techniques
Sébastien Lustig, Gérard Deschamps, M. Alsaati,
C. Fary, and Phillippe Neyret
Osteotomies Around the Knee
Siegfried Hofmann, Philipp Lobenhoffer, Alex Staubli,
and Ronald Van Heerwaarden
Total Knee Replacement for the Stiff Knee
Philippe Massin
Foot, Ankle and Leg
Surgical Treatment of Displaced Calcaneal Fractures
Zvi Cohen, Gershon Volpin, and Haim Shtarker
Forefoot Deformities
Wolfgang Schneider