Practice of Intramedullary Locked Nails
Subtitle: Scientific Basis and Standard Techniques Recommended by AIOD
Contributors: A. Grosse (Editor); I. Kempf (Editor); H.J.T.M. Haarman (Editor); K.S. Leung (Editor); H. Seidel (Editor); G. Taglang (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 28, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9783540640790
Subjects: Orthopaedics & fractures; Surgical techniques; methods; Medical; Fracture Fixation, Intramedull; Fractures; Treatment Of Wounds And Injuries; Orthopedics; Medical / Nursing; Internal fixation in fractures; Internal Fixators; Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; Surgery - General; Marknagel; Medical / Orthopedics; Osteosynthese; Osteosynthesis; intramedullary nails; lange Röhrenknochen; long bones; Bone Nails
First sentence: Since time immemorial, man has been the victim of accidents which led to fractures, and it is known that cave men, when faced with this problem, devised ways of immobilization in order to treat and heal injuries which were a threat to survival.