Zhang Yingze. Clinical Epidemiology of Orthopaedic Trauma

2nd ed. — Thieme, 2016. — 690 p. — ISBN: 9783131658821.The Clinical Epidemiology of Orthopaedic Trauma is the first monograph on fracture epidemiology. It was fi rst published by People’s Medical Publishing House 5 years ago, and translated into English by Thieme Medical Publishers and distributed worldwide in 2012. The book has received extensive positive reviews for its unique writing style, which combined knowledge in both theory and practice. Prof. David E. Parker from North Carolina wrote a book review and considered it an excellent textbook with reasonable structure, abundant illustrations and pictures, and concise description.
The fi rst edition was based on a retrospective review of 60,266 patients (65,267 fractures) treated in our trauma center over a 5-year period from 2003 to 2007. Given very large differences in natural and social environments in China, we performed a large-scale, multicenter study to get a comprehensive understanding of the features of orthopaedic trauma epidemiology. Based on the fi rst edition, advanced research throughout the nation was carried out.
Eighty-three hospitals from 31 provinces nationwide were selected with a stratifi ed multistage random sampling method and 414,835 patients (431,822 fractures) were identified from all levels of trauma center and included into the study. Our research teams were composed of orthopaedic surgeons, radiologists, and epidemiologists. Survey forms, data collection, and analysis scheme were designed in detail. All researchers were trained to classify the fractures accurately and consistently. The AO classifi cation is adapted in this edition, because it has been recognized worldwide with its practicality, uniformity, and comparability. Meanwhile, other special fracture classifi cations are adapted as well to refl ect the features of fracture comprehensively.
Two senior orthopaedic surgeons and one radiologist are responsible for the high quality of the work. The second edition of Clinical Epidemiology of Orthopaedic Trauma is completed after tallying the results.
This book introduces the epidemiological features of individual types of fracture concisely and yet comprehensively.
The new trends and changes were documented as well. Although the structural organization is consistent with the last edition, the sample size is increased largely to refl ect more authentic and accurate trends and changes in the epidemiological features of fractures in China as a nation. The easy-to-understand but exceptional graphics, with corresponding X-ray fi lms and fracture line graphs, are retained. Magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography images are added to complicated fractures to fully illustrate the characteristics of the injuries. For the purpose of the clinical and scientifi c research, the sections DIAGNOSIS and TREATMENT were updated with the latest developments and progress. The omissions and mistakes are unavoidable due to the heavy workload and tight schedule. We are looking forward to your valuable comments and suggestions, which will be a generous help to our endeavors to create a consummate monograph.
All participants have clinical and scientifi c research backgrounds. They spent great eff orts on this book, which made this publication possible. My deepest gratitude and respect to all of them!