Practical Procedures in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery: A Trainee's Companion Book

List of contributors     xi
Preface     xiii
Acknowledgments     xiv
Upper extremity
Fractures off the clavicle     3
Open reduction and internal fixation of midshaft fractures   Peter V. Giannoudis     3
Section I: Fractures of the proximal humerus     8
General considerations   David Limb     8
Tension band wiring for displaced greater tuberosity fractures   David Limb     10
Open reduction and internal fixation of 3- and 4-part fractures (using a Philos plate)   David Limb     14
Hemiarthroplasty for fracture dislocation   David Limb     17
Section II: Fractures off the humeral shaft     22
Open reduction and internal fixation: posterior approach   Peter V. Giannoudis     22
Antegrade intramedullary nailing of the humerus   Paige T. Kendrick   Craig S. Roberts   David Seligson     26
Section III: Fractures of the distal humerus     30
Open reduction and internal fixation of supracondylar fractures   Paige T. Kendrick   Craig S. Roberts   David Seligson     30
Open reduction internal fixation: capitellum   Paige T. Kendrick   Craig S. Roberts   DavidSeligson     35
Retrograde intramedullary nailing   Paige T. Kendrick   Craig S. Roberts   David Seligson     38
Paediatric supracondylar fractures: MUA/percutaneous fixation of distal humerus fractures   Paige T. Kendrick   Craig S. Roberts   David Seligson     40
Section I: Fractures of the proximal ulna     45
Tension band wiring of olecranon fractures   Gregoris Kambouroglou     45
Open reduction and internal fixation of olecranon fractures   Gregoris Kambouroglou     48
Section II: Fractures of the ulnar shaft     51
Open reduction and internal fixation: plating   Gregoris Kambouroglou     51
Elastic nails for ulnar shaft fractures   Gregoris Kambouroglou     53
Section III: Fractures of the distal ulna     56
Open reduction and internal fixation for distal ulnar fractures   Gregoris Kambouroglou     56
Section I: Fractures of the proximal radius     60
Open reduction and internal fixation of radial head fractures   Reinhard Meier     60
Excision of radial head   Reinhard Meier     62
Section II: Fractures of the radial shaft     65
Open reduction and internal fixation: anterior approach   Christopher C. Tzioupis   Peter V. Giannoudis     65
Elastic intramedullary nailing for diaphyseal forearm fractures in children   Brian W. Scott     71
Section III: Fractures of the distal radius     77
Open reduction and internal fixation for distal radius fractures: volar approach   Peter V. Giannoudis     77
Open reduction and internal fixation for distal radius fractures: dorsal approach   Doug Campbell     81
Closed reduction and K-wire fixation of distal radius fractures   Reinhard Meier     85
Closed reduction and application of an external fixator in distal radius fractures   Reinhard Meier     87
Fractures of wrist     90
Percutaneous fixation of scaphoid fractures   Doug Campbell     90
Open reduction and internal fixation of acute scapholunate dissociation   Doug Campbell     93
Section I: Fractures of the first metacarpal     98
Kirschner wire fixation of basal fractures of the first metacarpal   Rieinhard Meier     98
Open reduction and internal fixation of basal fractures of the first metacarpal   Reinhard Meier     99
Ulnar collateral ligament repair   Reinhard Meier     101
Section II: Fractures of the metacarpals II-V     104
Open reduction and internal fixation of midshaft fractures of the metacarpals   Reinhard Meier     104
Closed reduction and intramedullary fixation of distal third fractures of the metacarpals II-V   Reinhard Meier     106
Section III: Fractures of the phalanx     109
Open reduction and internal fixation of condylar fractures   Reinhard Meier     109
Open reduction and internal fixation of midshaft fractures   Reinhard Meier     110
Pelvis and acetabulum
Fractures of the pelvic ring     117
Application of anterior frame   Peter V. Giannoudis     117
Plating of the pubic symphysis   Peter V. Giannoudis     120
Sacroiliac screw insertion   Peter V. Giannoudis     125
Open reduction and internal fixation of Sacro-iliac joint anteriorly   Peter V. Giannoudis     130
Fractures of the acetabulum     133
Open reduction and internal fixation of posterior wall fractures - Kocher-Langenbeck approach   Peter V. Giannoudis     133
Open reduction and internal fixation via the ilioinguinal approach   Peter V. Giannoudis     142
Lower extremity
Section I: Extracapsular fractures of the hip     151
Dynamic compression hip screw   Raghu Raman   Peter V. Giannoudis     151
Section II: Intracapsular fractures of the hip     158
Cannulated screw fixation   Christopher C. Tzioupis   Peter V. Giannoudis     158
Hemiarthroplasty for intracapsular hip fractures: Austin Moore uncemented arthroplasty and Thompson's cemented hemiarthroplasty   David A. Macdonald     163
Section I: Subtrochanteric fractures of the femur     168
Intramedullary fixation for subtrochanteric fractures using a proximal femoral nail   Peter V. Giannoudis     168
Section II: Fractures of the femoral shaft     177
General aspects   Hans-Christoph Pape   Stefan Hankemeier   Thomas Gosling     177
Open reduction and internal fixation: plating   Stefan Hankemeier   Thomas Gosling   Hans-Christoph Pape     180
Intramedullary nailing   Stefan Hankemeier   Thomas Gosling   Hans-Christoph Pape     183
Flexible intramedullary nails in children   Brian W. Scott     188
Application of an external fixator   Stefan Hankemeier   Thomas Gosling   Hans-Christoph Pape     192
Section III: Fractures of the distal femur      198
General aspects   Stefan Hankemeier   Thomas Gosling   Hans-Christoph Pape     198
Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis   Stefan Hankemeier   Thomas Gosling   Hans-Christoph Pape     198
Retrograde nailing   Stefan Hankemeier   Thomas Gosling   Hans-Christoph Pape     202
Fractures of the patella     206
Tension band wiring   Stefan Hankemeier   Thomas Gosling   Hans-Christoph Pape     206
Section I: Fractures of the proximal tibia     210
Open reduction and internal fixation of a lateral tibial plateau fracture   John F. Keating     210
Open reduction and internal fixation of a bicondylar tibial plateau fracture   John F. Keating     214
External fixation of bicondylar tibial plateau fractures   John F. Keating     216
Open reduction and internal fixation of anterior tibial spine fractures   John F. Keating     219
Section II: Fractures of the tibial shaft     222
Intramedullary nailing   Charles M. Court-Brown     222
Plating of the tibia   Charles M. Court-Brown     230
Section III: Fractures of the distal tibia     236
Open reduction and internal fixation: plating pilon   Peter V. Giannoudis     236
Circular frame fixation for distal tibial fractures   Toby Branfoot     241
Fractures of the ankle     246
Open reduction and internal fixation of bimalleolar ankle fractures   Christopher C. Tzioupis   Peter V. Giannoudis     246
Fractures of the foot     254
Open reduction and internal screw fixation for talar neck fractures   Martinus Richter     254
Open reduction and internal plate fixation for os calcis fractures   Martinus Richter     258
Open reduction and internal screw and K-wire fixation for Lisfranc fracture dislocations   Martinus Richter     262
Spine
Fractures of the cerrical spine     269
Application of a halo and halo-vest for cervical spine trauma   Peter Millner     269
Operative posterior stabilization of thoraco-lumbar burst fractures   Peter Millner     272
Anterior stabilization of complex thoraco-lumbar burst fractures   Peter Millner     278
Tendon injuries
Reconstruction of tendons     285
Achilles tendon repair   Peter V. Giannoudis     285
Repair of tendon injuries in the hand   Caroline McGuiness   Simon Knight      288
Compartments
Decompression fasciotomies     295
Fasciotomy for acute compartment syndromes of the upper and lower limbs   Roderick Dunn   Simon Kay     295
References     304
Index     315