| Description |
1 online resource (112 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Series |
Medical marvels |
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Medical marvels.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A girl who lived in pain -- Joints and joint problems -- Hip and knee replacements -- Joint replacements and physical activity -- Risks of joint replacement -- Recovery -- The future of joint replacement. |
| Summary |
Amazing medical breakthroughs are made every day. In the past decades, medical researchers have cured diseases that were once deadly and devised new methods to heal that were once unimaginable. This title follows the development of joint replacements, including the problems with the earliest joint replacement surgeries, groundbreaking discoveries and the doctors who made them, and where the science is heading in the future. Learn how joints and joint replacements work and how new joints are helping people lead better lives. Sidebars, full-color photos, a glossary, and well-placed graphs, charts, and maps, enhance this engaging title-- publisher. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Artificial joints -- Juvenile literature.
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Biomechanics -- Juvenile literature.
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Artificial joints.
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Biomechanics.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- General.
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Artificial joints. (OCoLC)fst00817285
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Biomechanics. (OCoLC)fst00832558
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Galliker, Leslie, 1943- author. Joint replacements 9781617839030 (DLC) 2013932974 (OCoLC)832285138 |
| ISBN |
9781624011733 (electronic bk.) |
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162401173X (electronic bk.) |
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