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Diagnostic Imaging: Musculoskeletal Trauma. Edition No. 4

  • Book

  • July 2026
  • Elsevier Health Science
  • ID: 6252532
Covering the entire spectrum of this constantly evolving field, the fourth edition of Diagnostic Imaging: Musculoskeletal Trauma is an invaluable resource for general radiologists, specialized radiologists, and trainees?anyone who requires an easily accessible, highly visual reference on today’s musculoskeletal imaging. Drs. Kambiz Motamedi, Donna G. Blankenbaker, Kirkland W. Davis, and a team of highly regarded experts, including Drs. Dyan V. Flores, Barry G. Hansford, and Kathryn J. Stevens, provide up-to-date information on recent advances in surgical techniques as well as the understanding of specific traumatic musculoskeletal conditions to help you make informed decisions and support patient management. The image-rich design and succinct, bulleted text convey details quickly and include the latest literature references, making this book a useful learning tool as well as a handy reference for daily practice.
  • Contains 250 up-to-date chapters that guide you through all important musculoskeletal trauma and sports medicine entities, including postoperative imaging for foot and ankle surgery, injuries to core muscles, and peripheral nerve injuries as they relate to specific musculoskeletal injuries/trauma
  • Presents the advantages and disadvantages of specific imaging techniques-ultrasound, CT, MR, radiography, and nuclear medicine-for diagnoses, including new imaging guidelines such as the use of 3T MR vs. MR arthrography
  • Explores topics specific to pediatric patients, including dedicated chapters on child abuse and growth plate (physis) injuries
  • Covers new musculoskeletal consensus papers regarding imaging recommendations, new criteria for diagnoses, and new terminology
  • Features new discussions of “ramp lesions” (injuries that occur at the margin of the medial meniscus); rotator cuff anatomy and tears; and evolution of arthroscopy techniques to allow better assessment of these injuries in the operating room
  • Features more than 7,100 high-quality images (3,700+ in print with an additional 3,400+ images in the complimentary eBook), including radiology images, full-color illustrations, clinical photographs, and intraoperative and arthroscopic images
  • Uses succinct bulleted text and highly templated chapters for quick comprehension of essential information at the point of care
  • Includes a complimentary eBook that allows you access to everything in the print version as well as additional images, text, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION

OVERVIEW

TRAUMATIC INJURY, SPECIAL TOPICS

SECTION 2: SHOULDER AND HUMERUS

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

BONES AND JOINTS

MUSCLES AND TENDONS

Shoulder Girdle

Rotator Cuff

Proximal Biceps Tendon

CAPSULE AND LABRUM

Instability and Labrum

Superior Labrum

Combined Cuff and Labrum Lesions

OTHER

SECTION 3: ELBOW

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

BONES AND JOINTS

LIGAMENTS

TENDONS

OTHER

SECTION 4: WRIST AND HAND

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

BONES AND JOINTS

Distal Radius and Ulna

Wrist

Hand

LIGAMENTS

Wrist

Hand

TENDONS

OTHER

SECTION 5: HIP AND PELVIS

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

BONES AND JOINTS

Hip and Proximal Femur

Pelvis

Postoperative Imaging

LABRUM AND INTRAARTICULAR STRUCTURES

MUSCLES AND TENDONS

OTHER

SECTION 6: KNEE

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

BONES AND JOINTS

LIGAMENTS

MENISCI

TENDONS

OTHER

SECTION 7: ANKLE AND FOOT

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

BONES AND JOINTS

LIGAMENTS

MUSCLES AND TENDONS

OTHER

POSTOPERATIVE

Authors

Kambiz Motamedi Professor of Radiology and Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Medical Director of Beach Imaging and Interventional Center, University of University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Kambiz Motamedi is Professor of Radiology and Orthopaedic Surgery for the David Geffen School of Medicine at the UCLA. Dr. Motamedi is also Medical Director of Beach Imaging and Interventional Center at the University of California - Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California. Donna G. Blankenbaker Professor of Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. Donna G. Blankenbaker, MD, FACR, is professor of radiology, medical director of outpatient radiology, and co-director of medical student radiology education at University of Wisconsin (UW). She serves on five UW Hospital and Clinics and Department of Radiology committees and six national committees. Blankenbaker is a co-lead author from the 3e of Diagnostic Imaging: Musculoskeletal Trauma. Kirkland W. Davis Professor of Radiology, Director of Radiography and Teleradiology, Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia. Kirkland Davis, MD, FACR is Professor of Radiology and Director of Radiography and Teleradiology with Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention in the Department of Radiology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Davis has a special interest in interventional musculoskeletal procedures, such as vertebroplasty, radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, and spine injections. He carries expertise in extremity and spine hardware and sports medicine imaging, particularly the hip and knee.