Main description:

Completely updated for its Second Edition, this acclaimed Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery volume presents the most advanced, successful surgical techniques for fractures of the upper extremity, lower extremity, pelvis, and acetabulum. The world's foremost surgeons describe their preferred techniques in step-by-step detail, explain the indications and contraindications, identify pitfalls and potential complications, and offer pearls and tips for improving results. The book is thoroughly illustrated with full-color, sequential, surgeon's-eye view intraoperative photographs, as well as drawings by noted medical illustrators. This edition includes nine new chapters--Clavicle Fractures: ORIF; Femoral Neck Fractures: Arthroplasty; Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures: IM Hip Screw; Hip Arthroplasty for Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures; Femoral Shaft Fractures: Retrograde Nailing; Supracondylar Femur Fractures: ORIF; Proximal Tibial Fractures: Locked Plating; Tibial Shaft Fractures: Spatial Frame; and Periprosthetic Femur Fractures. Seventeen chapters have been rewritten by new contributing authors.

Contents:

UPPER EXTREMITY: Clavicle Fractures: ORIF, A.P. Van Houwelingen, M.D. McKee and E.H. Schemitsch / Glenoid Fractures: ORIF, P.A. Cole / Proximal Humeral Fractures: ORIF, A.H. Schmidt / Proximal Humeral Fractures: Arthroplasty, L.U. Bigliani, S.F. Bak and S.S. Goldberg / Humeral Shaft Fractures: Open Reduction Internal Fixation, D.E. Robinson and P.J. O'Brien / Humeral Shaft Fractures: Intramedullary Nailing, C.S. Roberts, B.M. Walz and J.G. Yerasimides / Distal Humerus Intraarticular Fractures: Open Reduction Internal Fixation, G.L. Zohman / Olecranon Fractures: Open Reduction Internal Fixation, G.J. Schmeling and L.J. Maciolek / Radial Head Fractures: Open Reduction and Internal Fixation, D. Ring / Forearm Fractures: Open Reduction Internal Fixation, S.J. Morgan / Forearm Fractures: IM Nailing, D. Zinar / Distal Radius Fractures: External Fixation, M.W. Grafe, P.D. Kim, and M.P. Rosenwasser / Distal Radius Fractures: Open Reduction and Internal Fixation, G. Dyer and J.B. Jupiter LOWER EXTREMITY: Femoral Neck Fractures: Open Reduction and Internal Fixation, M.F. Swiontkowski / Femoral Neck Fractures: Arthroplasty, J.O. Anglen / Intertrochanteric Fractures: Use of a Sliding Hip Screw, K.J. Koval / Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures: IM Hip Screw, M.R. Baumgaertner and S. Taksali / Hip Arthroplasty for Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures, G.J. Haidukewych / Subtrochanteric Femur Fractures: Plate Fixation, M.J. Gardner, E.E. Johnson and D.G. Lorich / Subtrochanteric Femur Fractures: Reconstruction Nailing, T.A. Russell / Femoral Shaft Fractures: Antegrade Nailing, B.D. Browner, A.E. Caputo, A.D. Mazzocca and D.A. Wiss / Femoral Shaft Fractures: Retrograde Nailing, R.F. Ostrum and E.D. Farrell / Supracondylar Femur Fractures: ORIF, S.E. Nork / Patellar Fractures: Open Reduction Internal Fixation, J.H. Wilber and P.B. Gladden / Knee Dislocations, A. Chhabra, S.T. Seroyer, C.D. Harner / Tibial Plateau Fractures: ORIF, J.T. Watson and D.A. Wiss / Proximal Tibial Fractures: Locked Plating, J.P. Stannard / Tibial-Shaft Fractures: Open Reduction Internal Fixation, B.R. Bolhofner / Tibial Shaft Fractures: IM Nailing, R.A. Winquist and D.A. Wiss / Tibial Shaft Fractures: Spatial Frame, J.C. Taylor / Tibial Pilon Fractures: Open Reduction and Internal Fixation, J. Borrelli, Jr. / The Treatment of Distal Tibia Periarticular Fractures with Circular Ring Fixators, J.J. Hutson, Jr. / Ankle Fractures: ORIF, D.J. Hak and M. Lee / Talus Fractures: ORIF, P.T. Fortin and P.J. Wiater / Calcaneal Fractures: ORIF, R.W. Sanders / Tarsometatarsal "Lisfranc" Injuries: Evaluation and Management, B.J. Sangeorzan, S.K. Benirschke, and M.T. Gould PELVIS AND ACETABULUM: Pelvic Fractures: External Fixation and C-Clamp, E.M. Kanlic and H.O. Pacheco / Diastasis of the Symphysis Pubis: Open Reduction Internal Fixation, D.C. Templeman, A.H. Schmidt, and S.A. Sems / Posterior Pelvic Ring Disruptions: Iliosacral Screws, M.L.C. Routt / Pelvic Fractures: Sacral Fixation, M.C. Reilly / Acetabular Fractures: Kocher-Langenbeck Approach, B.R. Moed / Acetabular Fractures: Ilioinguinal Approach, D.A. Wiss / Acetabular Fractures: Extended Iliofemoral Approach, D.L. Helfet, M.K. Sen, C.S. Bartlett, N. Sama and A.L. Malkani MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS: Periprosthetic Fractures, R.F. Kyle, J.C. Haas and P. Yoon / Gastrocnemius and Soleus Rotational Muscle Flaps, R. Sherman / Surgical Dislocation of the Hip for Fractures of the Femoral Head, M.K. Sen and D.L. Helfet