RT Journal
A1 RENSHAW TS
T1 SUrgical management of juvenile chronic polyarthritis
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1979
FD October 1
VO 133
IS 10
SP 1093
OP 1093
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130100117035
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130100117035
AB With this book, the editors and their eight contributors present the lessons of 30 years' experience in the surgical treatment of chronic polyarthritis in children at the Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. The intention of the book is to present the methods and results from one distinguished institution, not to provide a comprehensive review and comparative study of all methods of surgical treatment of these conditions. The credentials of both well-known editors make this an undertaking very much worth doing, and only the question "How well have they done it?" remains.The text is technically and appropriately well illustrated and the references at the end of each chapter provide a good bibliography for the reader with further interest in the specific topics. The first six chapters of the book review surgical problems in general, roentgenographic changes, pathology, the history of surgical treatment, and anesthetic problems in patients with