Treatment Strategy for Malunion

Jun 7, 2020 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Treatment Strategy for Malunion

10.1055/b-0036-129602 Treatment Strategy for Malunion Matt L. Graves Fracture care is always a race between bone healing and construct failure. One of the end results of losing that race is…

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Acute Compartment Syndrome

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10.1055/b-0036-129599 Acute Compartment Syndrome Andrew H. Schmidt and David W. Sanders The term compartment syndrome refers to acute myoneural ischemia caused by elevated intramuscular pressures. To put it simply, compartment…

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Treatment Strategy for Nonunion

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10.1055/b-0036-129601 Treatment Strategy for Nonunion David Stephen Fracture nonunion has been described as the “cessation of all healing processes and union has not occurred.”1 It has also been defined as…

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Evolving Concepts in Plate Fixation

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10.1055/b-0036-129600 Evolving Concepts in Plate Fixation Amir Matityahu and Meir Marmor It is questionable if surgery should not ever be done except by highly trained men, with highly trained assistance,…

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The Polytrauma Patient

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10.1055/b-0036-129596 The Polytrauma Patient Erika J. Mitchell and Philip J. Kregor The multiply injured patient presents a major challenge to the orthopaedic surgeon. Treatment requires coordination and teamwork among any…

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Treatment of Fractures in Geriatric Patients

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10.1055/b-0036-129603 Treatment of Fractures in Geriatric Patients Richard Southgate and Stephen L. Kates Demographics As the population ages, more older adults sustain both high- and low-energy trauma injuries. Increasing activity…

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17 Biomechanics of the Foot

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10.1055/b-0036-140432 17 Biomechanics of the Foot The foot has static, kinematic, and dynamic functions. It carries the weight of the body, which is distributed roughly equally to both feet in…

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1 Basic Concepts from Physics and Mechanics

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10.1055/b-0036-140416 1 Basic Concepts from Physics and Mechanics Basic concepts like force, torque (also termed moment of force, or, for short, just moment), mechanical stress, energy, or work are unambiguously…

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18 Gait

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10.1055/b-0036-140433 18 Gait The underlying causes of pathological gait vary widely. It may be that the muscles do not generate sufficient force, or they do not tolerate the strains required,…

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16 Mechanical Aspects of the Shoulder

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10.1055/b-0036-140431 16 Mechanical Aspects of the Shoulder The upper extremity is designed to fulfill a large variety of tasks. The “link chain” of upper arm, lower arm, and hand permits…

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