Coronoid Fractures
Type I Fracture of the tip Type II Fracture involves less than 50 % Type III Fracture involves more than 50 % of the coronoid Each type is subclassified according…
Tibial Shaft Fractures
Fig. 26.1 A closed fracture of the middle third of the tibial shaft as a typical indication for IM nailing with the possibility of early weight bearing Intramedullary nailing is…
Olecranon Fractures
Fig. 10.1 Schatzker classification (Hölzl, Verheyden (2008) Diagnostik und Klassifikation Der Ellenbogenverletzungen, Isolierte Olecranonfrakturen. Der Unfallchirurg 111:727–734) Another classification system according to the AO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen) takes the proximal…
Clavicle Fractures
Fig 5.1 Dislocated fracture of the medial clavicle, fixed by special clavicula plate 5.8.2 Fractures of the Middle Third of the Clavicle More than 200 different methods of immobilization, bracing,…
Patella Fractures
Fig. 23.1 44 year old male Transverse fracture of the patella (a, b),Tension band fixation. fracture has healed 8 weeks after surgery (c, d) 23.5.2.4 Screw Fixation In longitudinal fractures,…
Proximal Humeral Fractures
Fig. 3.1 Varus-displaced, surgical neck two-part-fracture of the proximal humerus of a 68-year-old male after a car accident, treated with a proximal humerus nail (Synthes®) 3.7.5 Plates 3.7.5.1 Indications Plates…
Lumbar syndrome
11 Lumbar syndrome Definition and Prevalence 133 Special Pathological Anatomy and Pathophysiology 153 Special Anatomy of the Lumbar Motion Segments 134 Clinical Features of Lumbar Syndromes 162 Special Biomechanics of…
Cervical Syndrome
9 Cervical Syndrome Definition and Prevalence 79 General Differential Diagnosis 93 Special Anatomy and Physiology of the Cervical Treatment of Cervical Syndromes 110 Motion Segments 80 Special Patient Exercises,…
General Anatomy, Physiology, and Biomechanics
4 General Anatomy, Physiology, and Biomechanics Development of the Intervertebral Disk 15 Biomechanics 22 Anatomy 18 The Disk and the Intervertebral Joints 29 Fine Structure and Biochemistry 21 Therapeutic Approaches…
Medicolegal Assessment
17 Medicolegal Assessment Introduction 341 Whiplash: Acceleration Injury of the Cervical Disk Herniations and Accidents 342 Spine 346 Damage to the Intervertebral Disks After the Loss Assessment of…
