Diagnostic Ultrasound: Musculoskeletal, third edition
Description
Written by leading experts in the field, the third edition of Diagnostic Ultrasound: Musculoskeletal offers detailed, clinically oriented coverage of anatomy, techniques, and diagnoses in this complex area. Featuring more than 3,800 images and 100+ online videos, this edition showcases today’s rapidly evolving musculoskeletal ultrasound practice and its expanding applications for everyday clinical use.
Additional information
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Author(s):
Griffith | Griffith |
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ISBN:
978-0-443-28564-6 | 978-0-443-28564-6 |
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Publisher:
Elsevier | Elsevier |
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Reviewed by:
Dr Ne-Siang Chew, consultant radiologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Dr Ne-Siang Chew, consultant radiologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
Publisher price: £278.99
One of the challenges in mastering musculoskeletal ultrasound is its large breadth of anatomy and pathology. The prerequisites to good understanding of MSK anatomy include appreciating surface, three-dimensional layered and relational anatomy. Good comprehension of MSK pathology requires the study of MSK pathology in its primary and imaging form (be it on ultrasound, MR, CT or other forms of medical imaging) with understanding of natural history and treatments. The third edition of Diagnostic Ultrasound: Musculoskeletal bridges the gaps between these concepts.
Written by Griffith et al, this detailed, comprehensive textbook is divided into five parts, namely anatomy, ultrasound in practice, diagnoses (tendon disorders, soft tissue, bone and joint injury, arthropathies, neurovascular abnormalities, infection, articular and para-articular masses, soft tissue and bone tumours, hernia), differential diagnoses (general lumps and bumps, tendon abnormalities, nerve, fascia and bone, joint abnormalities, chest and abdominal wall) and intervention (biopsy and joint procedures).
As with other books in the series, the information is presented in a bulleted templated format. These are easy to follow and highly readable. The colourful and beautiful ultrasound textbook contains 1,207 pages with nearly 3,900 images, including new full colour graphic illustrations. Images and illustrations include surface-rendered 3D anatomy with corresponding ultrasound representation, cartoon-representative diagrams, selected surface anatomy and photographs of practical procedures (which includes how to position the probe and needle for interventions). There are also a selection of further correlative plain radiographic, CT and MR images. New material compared to the prior edition includes brachial plexus ultrasound and synovial biopsy.
Particularly useful for readers are practical tips on how to position the ultrasound probe and use dynamic manoeuvres to obtain best images. Notoriously difficult ultrasound positioning such as the distal biceps tendon is unravelled in a simple step-by-step approach. Discussion of imaging pitfalls is also a useful part in the book to help preventing diagnostic over-calls (for example, how to differentiate anisotropy artefact versus true pathology). Further gems of imaging, called ‘imaging sweet spots’ help direct the reader to look for common sites of expected pathology; for example, to look for a supraspinatus tear at its anterior leading edge. Ultrasound videos are a bonus feature included with the book.
While the cost of the textbook has to be considered, the plethora of information and level of detail more than make up for the cost (bear in mind most ultrasound courses cost much more, particularly in the UK).
This textbook is suitable for radiologists, sonographers, rheumatologists, sports medicine physicians, orthopaedic surgeons and physiotherapists.
In summary, this textbook is a highly recommended reference point for the practising imager based on its comprehensiveness and meticulous details.
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