Thoracic Spine Injuries
10.1055/b-0036-129606 Thoracic Spine Injuries Theodore J. Choma and Craig A. Kuhns Anatomy and Biomechanics Fractures of the thoracic spine, defined as injuries of the first through tenth thoracic vertebrae, are…
Care of the Soft Tissue Envelope
10.1055/b-0036-129597 Care of the Soft Tissue Envelope David A. Volgas The care and handling of the soft tissue is often the most crucial aspect of fracture management. In the 1950s…
Musculoskeletal Infection Associated with Skeletal Trauma
10.1055/b-0036-129598 Musculoskeletal Infection Associated with Skeletal Trauma J. Tracy Watson Infection is a dreaded complication of musculoskeletal trauma. It occurs most commonly after open fractures but has been reported to…
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…
