Knee Ligament Injuries
Fig. 24.1 Classification of knee instabilities In recent years, the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to treat knee ligament injuries have changed. New imaging methods, such as three-dimensional reconstructions of CT…
Treatment of Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation
and Hans-Christoph Pape2 (1) Department of Traumatology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, Aachen, 52074, Germany` (2) Department of Traumatology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, Aachen, 52074, Germany …
Distal Femur Fractures
Fig. 22.1 (a) A 47-year-old female was caught between two cars, with crushing injury of the left thigh (IIIb open 33.A3 with bone loss). On day 1, the patient underwent…
Distal Radius Fractures
Fig. 13.1 The articular end of the radius slopes in an ulnar and palmar direction. The carpus will thus have a natural tendency to slide in an ulnar direction, resisted…
Femoral Neck Fractures
Fig. 19.1 (a, b) Suspected femoral neck fracture X ray (a), CT (b) 19.5.3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI, MRT) MRI is rarely indicated, generally only if a fracture cannot be…
Forearm Shaft Fractures
Fig. 12.1 Approach to the ulna. The skin incision is performed 5-mm volar or dorsal of the palpable edge of the ulna on a line between the olecranon and styloid…
Fractures of the Tibial Pilon
Fig. 27.1 The foot position at the moment of the axial impact. (a) Impartial position (b) dorsiflexion (c) plantarflexion 27.4 Classification Since the 1960s, several classifications have been developed [9,…
Pertrochanteric Fractures
A 1: Simple (two–fragment) pertrochanteric fractures A1.1 Fractures following the intertrochanteric line A1.2 Fractures through the greater trochanter A1.3 Fractures below the lesser trochanter A 2: Multifragmentary pertrochanteric fractures A2.1…
Pipkin Fractures
Type Description 1A Dislocation with fracture distal to the fovea capitis femoris 1B Dislocation with fracture distal to the fovea capitis femoris associated with an acetabular fracture 2A Dislocation with…
Distal Humerus Fractures
Fig. 8.1 AO-Classification of distal humerus fractures Coronal shear fractures represent a special entity of distal humerus fractures. Dubberly in 2006 introduced a classification system based on three fracture types,…
