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…
Acute Compartment Syndrome
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…
Treatment Strategy for Nonunion
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…
Evolving Concepts in Plate Fixation
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,…
The Polytrauma Patient
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…
Treatment of Fractures in Geriatric Patients
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…
17 Biomechanics of the Foot
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…
1 Basic Concepts from Physics and Mechanics
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…
16 Mechanical Aspects of the Shoulder
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…
