Manual of INTERNAL FIXATION
Subtitle: Techniques Recommended by the AO-ASIF Group
By: by M.E. Müller, M. Allgöwer, R. Schneider, H. Willenegger ; edited by M. Allgöwer
Contributors: Allgöwer, M.; Schneider, R.; Willenegger, H.
Edition: Abridged AO-Manual, Limited 3rd edition.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 750
ISBN-13: 9783642773808; 9783540552970
Subjects: Medicine; Orthopedics
Other titles: Abridged AO-Manual, Limited 3rd Edition
Description: In the early 1950s, the pioneering work of Robert Danis on operative treatment of fractures was in danger of falling into oblivion. Maurice E. Milller, impressed and intrigued by his contacts with Danis, first critically applied internal fixation and immediate mobilization to some 80 patients and found the basic concept confirmed, but in need of further develop ment with regard to technology, clinical application, and scientific analysis. In 1958 he assembled a group of friends, general and orthopedic surgeons, willing to invest time and effort in helping to create the necessary armamentarium and to form a study group for clinical trials. This group was set up in the same year under the name Arbeitsgemein schaft fUr Osteosynthesefragen (AO), later on to be known in English-speaking countries as the Association for the Study of Internal Fixation (ASIF). The first report on operative treatment of fractures by Milller, Allgower, and Willeneg ger, published in 1963, stressed the advantages of early open reduction and internal fixa tion. This book, first published in German, amusingly lost an important part when trans lated into English. At the suggestion of worried American and English partners, a picture series showing the healing pattern of 188 tibial fractures operated on in Chur between December 20, 1961 and April 26, 1962 was left out.
Table of contents: title: 1 Basic Aspects of Internal Fixation; title: 1.1 Aims and Principles; title: 1.2 Basic Aspects; title: 1.3 Scientific Background to Internal Fixation; title: 1.4 AO Teaching; title: 1.5 Documentation; title: 1.6 Development; title: 1.7 Glossary; title: References; title: Appendix A pp. 118-150 deleted. See leaflet in the back cover. The Comprehensive Classification of Fractures of Long Bones; title: Appendix B Classification of Soft Tissue Injuries; title: 2 Preoperative Planning and Principles of Reduction; title: 2.1 Preoperative Planning; title: 2.2 Principles of Reduction; title: Reference; title: 3 Screws and Plates and Their Application; title: 3.1 Screws; title: 3.2 Plates; title: 3.3 Axial Compression and the Compression and Tension Band Plates; title: 3.4 Dynamic Compression; title: 3.5 Bridging Plates; title: 3.6 Self-Compressing Plates; title: 3.7 Angled Plates; title: 3.8 The Dynamic Hip Screw (DHS) and Dynamic Condylar Screw (DCS); title: 3.9 Cannulated Cancellous Bone Screws; title: References; title: 4 Medullary Nailing of Femur and Tibia; title: 4.1 Intramedullary Nailing; title: 4.2 AO/ASIF Implants for Intramedullary Nailing; title: 4.3 AO/ASIF Instruments for Intramedullary Nailing; title: 4.4 Intramedullary Nailing Technique for Closed Fractures of the Femur; title: 4.5 Intramedullary Nailing Technique for Closed Fractures of the Tibia; title: 4.6 Complications; title: 4.7 Unreamed Nailing; title: References; title: 5 External Fixation; title: 5.1 Introduction; title: 5.2 Components and Instrumentation of the Tubular External Fixator; title: 5.3 Basic Fixator Configurations; title: 5.4 Principles of External Fixation; title: 5.5 Application of a Fixator Frame; title: 5.6 Postoperative Treatment; title: 5.7 Fracture Healing and Frame Destabilization; title: 5.8 Specific Locations and Indications; title: 5.9 Complications; title: References; title: 6 Pre-, Intra- and Postoperative Guidelines; title: 6.1 The Timing of Surgery; title: 6.2 Organizational Prerequisites; title: 6.3 Preventing Wound Infection; title: 6.4 General Guidelines for Operative Procedures; title: 6.5 Antibiotics; title: 6.6 Prevention of Thromboembolism; title: 6.7 Radiological Follow-Up of Bone Healing; title: 6.8 Special Guidelines for Postoperative Treatment and Patient Guidance in the Most Common Fractures; title: 6.9. Metal Removal; title: References; title: 7 Scapula, Clavicle, Humerus; title: 7.1 Fractures of the Scapula; title: 7.2 Clavicular Fractures (Including Luxation of Adjacent Joints); title: 7.3 Fractures of the Humerus; title: References; title: 8 Forearm and Hand/Mini-Implants; title: 8.1 Introduction; title: 8.2 Proximal Lesions; title: 8.3 Forearm Shaft; title: 8.4 Distal Forearm; title: 8.5 Internal Fixation in the Hand Skeleton; title: References; title: 9 Pelvis; title: 9.1 Introduction; title: 9.2 Pelvic Stability; title: 9.3 Classification; title: 9.4 Decision-Making and Indications for Surgery; title: 9.5 Approaches; title: 9.6 Reduction; title: 9.7 Methods of Internal Fixation; title: References; title: 10 Acetabulum; title: 10.1 Introduction; title: 10.2 Diagnosis; title: 10.3 Fracture Classification; title: 10.4 Surgical Approaches; title: 10.5 Timing and Planning; title: 10.6 Reduction and Fixation Techniques; title: 10.7 Postoperative Treatment; title: References; title: 11 Proximal Femur; title: 11.1 Fractures of the Femoral Head; title: 11.2 Femoral Neck Fractures; title: 11.3 Fractures of the Trochanteric Region; title: 11.4 Aftercare of Proximal Femur Fractures; title: References; title: 12 Femoral Shaft and Distal Femur; title: 12.1 Introduction; title: 12.2 Subtrochanteric Fractures of the Femoral Shaft; title: 12.3 Fractures of the Middle Third of the Femoral Shaft; title: 12.4 Extra-Articular Fractures of the Distal Femur; title: 12.5 Postoperative Treatment; title: References; title: 13 Patella and Tibia; title: 13.1 General Considerations; title: 13.2 Surgical Approach to the Patella; title: 13.3 Surgical Approach to the Tibia; title: 13.4 Fractures of the Patella; title: 13.5 Fractures of the Tibia; title: References; title: 14 Malleolar Fractures; title: 14.1 Introduction; title: 14.2 Significant Anatomic and Functional Features; title: 14.3 Classification of Malleolar Fractures According to Weber and Danis; title: 14.4 Timing of Surgery; title: 14.5 Technique of Radiological Diagnosis of Ankle Injuries; title: 14.6 Steps in Open Reduction and Internal Fixation; title: 14.7 Postoperative Treatment; title: References; title: 15 Foot; title: 15.1 Introduction; title: 15.2 Individual Bones; title: References; title: 16 The Spine Chapter (p. 627-682) deleted; title: 16.1 Introduction; title: 16.2 Upper Cervical Spine; title: 16.3 Lower Cervical Spine (C2-T1); title: 16.4 Thoracolumbar Spine; title: References; title: 17 Compound Fractures; title: 17.1 General Remarks; title: 17.2 Grading of Open Fractures; title: 17.3 Management; title: 17.4 Conclusion; title: References; title: 18 Fractures in Children; title: 18.1 General Principles; title: 18.2 Diaphyseal Fractures; title: 18.3 Periarticular and Articular Fractures; title: 18.4 Fractures of the Humerus; title: 18.5 Fractures of the Forearm; title: 18.6 Fractures of the Femur; title: 18.7 Fractures of the Tibia; title: 18.8 Distal Tibial Growth-Plate Fractures; title: 18.9 Other Fractures; title: References; title: 19 Pseudarthroses; title: 19.1 Definitions; title: 19.2 Etiology of Delayed Unions, Non-Unions and Pseudarthroses; title: 19.3 Objectives of Non-Union Therapy; title: 19.4 Rationale of Non-Union Therapy; title: 19.5 Principles of the Operative Treatment; title: 19.6 Preoperative Planning; title: 19.7 Operative Techniques to Achieve Union; title: 19.8 Postoperative Treatment; title: References; title: 20 Infections; title: 20.1 Prophylaxis of Infection; title: 20.2 Postoperative Hematoma; title: 20.3 Infection; title: References.