The new, user-friendly, descriptive, and affordable reference reviews the entire spectrum of orthopedic diseases. Its mulitdisciplinary approach stresses teamwork between orthopedists, radiologists, and pathologists. Written in an easy-to-read, narrative style, each chapter cpvers a ,ajor disease category, including metabolic bone disease, congenital bone disease, bone tumours, and infection. Offers a concise, but comprehensive overview of bone disease in a single reference. Presents an overveiw of hte basic principles of radiologic and pathologic diagnosis in the introductory chapter. Shows the methods for interpreting radiographic images, and features typical images for each disease.