Retrograde Intramedullary Nailing of the Femur Laura S. Phieffer Ronald Lakatos DEFINITION Retrograde femoral nailing can be defined as any femoral nailing technique with a distal entry from the condyles…
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Peritrochanteric Hip Fractures Andrea Halim Michael R. Baumgaertner DEFINITION Peritrochanteric hip fractures are defined as extracapsular hip fractures, always involving the trochanter and frequently…
Fixation of Periprosthetic Fractures About/Below Total Hip Arthroplasty Aaron Nauth Iain Stevenson Matthew D. Smith Emil H. Schemitsch DEFINITION Periprosthetic fractures about a total hip arthroplasty are fractures which occur…
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation and Closed Reduction and Percutaneous Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures Brian Mullis Jeff Anglen DEFINITION Femoral neck fractures occur in two patient populations. Most commonly,…
Fixation of Periprosthetic Fractures Above Total Knee Arthroplasty Frank A. Liporace Derek J. Donegan DEFINITION Fractures that occur above or around the femoral component of a total knee arthroplasty (TKA)….
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Femoral Head Fractures Darin Friess Thomas Ellis DEFINITION Fractures of the femoral head are rare and occur almost exclusively with associated high-energy hip dislocations,…
External Fixation of the Pelvis Stephen A. Kottmeier Brian Campfield John C. P. Floyd Nicholas Divaris DEFINITION Pelvic instability is defined as inability of the pelvis to assume physiologic loads…
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Monteggia Fractures in Adults Matthew L. Ramsey DEFINITION This injury was initially reported by Giovanni Monteggia in 1814 as a fracture of the ulna…
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of the Posterior Wall of the Acetabulum Jodi Siegel David C. Templeman DEFINITION A posterior wall fracture is one of the elementary fracture types as…
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of the Symphysis Michael S. H. Kain Paul Tornetta III DEFINITION The pubic symphysis comprises a fibrocartilaginous disc between the bodies of the two pubic…
