Apley’s System of Orthopaedics and Fractures （Apley系统的骨科和骨折）.pdf

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal 2010 Vol 4 No 3 BOOK REVIEW Apley’s System of Orthopaedics and Fractures (9th Edition) Louis Solomon, David Warwick and Selvadurai Nayagam Pp. 974. London: Hodder Arnold, 2010 ISBN: 978 0 340 942 086 (International Students’ Edition). RM 120.00 This is the ninth edition of a classic which was first fracture stabilisation, antibiotics for not more than 72 hours published in 1959. Solomon, Warwick and Nayagam as co- and early definitive wound cover in collaboration with editors and authors have done an excellent job in revising, plastic surgery is advocated in the treatment of open updating and maintaining the same format making this an fractures. Botulinum toxin and single-event multi-level easy to read book, consistent with the Apley style. surgery is included in the treatment of cerebral palsy. The epilogue on global orthopaedics is a reminder that in many In addition, there are contributions from 24 other authors poorer countries of the world, the disease presentation and mainly from the United Kingdom, India, Greece, treatment available are different. Overall this is an excellent Switzerland and South Africa. textbook with over 1000 illustrations. My only critique is of the poor quality of some of the photographs and radiographs. The book is divided into three sections i.e. general orthopaedics, regional orthopaedics, frac