10.1055/b-0034-87672 Tibia and fibula, shaft: simple fracture, obliqueChang-Wug Oh Case description An 8-year-old boy sustained a both-bones fracture of his right leg. Initial treatment by percutaneous pinning with long-leg cast…
10.1055/b-0034-87661 Tibia and fibula, distal—introductionChristoph Sommer, Rodrigo Pesantez Introduction Fractures of the distal tibia and fibula include extraarticular fractures (43-A) and fractures which involve the tibial plafond (43-B and 43-C)….
10.1055/b-0034-87683 Implant removalMichael Schütz, Arne Berner, R Geoffrey Richards 1 Introduction 759 1.1 Indications and contraindications for implant removal 759 1.2 Influencing factors on implant removal 760 1.3 Timing of…
10.1055/b-0034-87673 Tibia and fibula, shaft: simple fracture, obliqueChang-Wug Oh Case description A 12-year-old boy was hit by a car and sustained a closed oblique simple fracture of the right tibial…
10.1055/b-0034-87674 Femur, shaft: simple fracture, transverseChang-Wug Oh Case description A 13-year-old boy sustained a closed, transverse fracture of the right femoral shaft after being hit by a car. He was…
10.1055/b-0034-87675 Fragility fracturesMichael Blauth, Stephen L Kates, Christian Kammerlander, Tobias Roth, Markus Gosch 1 Introduction 653 2 Etiology 653 2.1 Osteoporosis 653 2.2 Reduction in the quality of bone 654…
10.1055/b-0034-87668 Double-sided calcaneal fracture—AO/ICI type B1, Sanders type IIHans Zwipp, Stefan Rammelt Case description A 22-year-old man sustained bilateral calcaneal fractures when he fell from a height onto a concrete…
10.1055/b-0034-87664 Tibia and fibula, distal: intraarticular complex fracture of the distal tibia—43-C3 with multifragmentary fracture of the distal fibulaChristoph Sommer Case description A 46-year-old man injured his right lower leg…
10.1055/b-0034-87667 Calcaneus—introductionHans Zwipp, Stefan Rammelt Introduction Minimally invasive osteosynthesis and general management of calcaneal fractures The majority of calcaneal fractures are intraarticular (93%); most of them are displaced and require…
10.1055/b-0034-87671 Pediatric fractures—introductionRodrigo Pesantez, Chang-Wug Oh Introduction Special features of pediatric fractures Children are not small adults. Their behavior in response to trauma is different from that of an adult…
