The Growing Hand: Diagnosis and Management of the Upper Extremity in Children

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Amit Gupta, Simon P. J. Kay, Luis R. Scheker
Mosby, 2000 - Medical - 1156 pages
As the only book devoted to the management of hand conditions in children, THE GROWING HAND provides a unique, single resource for clinicians dealing with these problems. It includes comprehensive coverage from anatomy and embryology to clinical, surgical and psychological aspects. 2630 illustrations, nearly half in full color, show skin changes, vascular formations, tumors and operative details.

* Devoted solely to the management of hand conditions in children, providing a unique single resource for clinicians dealing with these problems. * Includes comprehensive coverage from anatomy and embryology to clinical, surgical and psychological aspects in one volume - all that the surgeon and physician need to know to manage hand disorders in children. * Provides authoritative and reliable information and advice from more than 100 experts in the field. * Incorporates full color design, clinical photographs and outstanding artworks. * Features a user-friendly format to assist finding and absorbing information.

About the author (2000)

Amit Gupta, M.D. earned his medical degree from University of Delhi, India. He completed a residency in orthopedics from the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopedic Hospital in Oswestry and Royal Liverpool hospitals in England. He then completed hand and microsurgery fellowships with the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery in Louisville and with the Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby, England, and University of Bern, Switzerland. In addition to offering a full range of arm and hand services, Dr. Gupta has special interests in wrist and elbow surgery, post-trauma reconstruction of the hand and pediatric hand surgery. Dr. Gupta's mission is to provide top-quality, patient-centered care in the areas of hand surgery and complex elbow reconstruction. He is involved in research focused on developing cutting-edge technologies, including improved wrist implants and rehabilitation equipment for patients. He is a well-known author of The Growing Hand: Diagnosis and Management of the Upper Extremity in Children, Elsevier, Mosby and his recognition includes: -Teacher of The Year 2006, Presented by the Residents of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Louisville -British Medical Association Book of the Year in 2000 - The Growing Hand -voted by his peers as one of Louisville Magazine's Top Docs for 2

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