Download or read book Bone and Joint Injuries written by Hans-Jörg Oestern and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There currently is a clear tendency to an increasing number of accidental injuries in elderly people, in sport injuries and car crashes also in countries which recently joined the European Union and candidates to join the European Union. Patients expect very good functional results even after serious injuries. But in contrast to this development, Trauma Surgery as an independent field, is not yet established in all European countries. Therefore, it seems mandatory to compile a book that covers the state-of-the-art in Trauma Surgery. The book also serves to harmonise the practice of Trauma Surgery within the European Union, and to prepare for the exam of the U.E.M.S.