Humeral Shaft Fractures
Fig. 7.1 (a) Proximal transverse shaft fracture with important shortening in a 15-year-old boy after bicycle collision. (b) Anterolateral plating. Postoperative AP and lateral views. (c) Control X-rays after 6…
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Posttraumatic Shoulder Instability
Fig. 2.1 Classification of Bankart and Bankart variant lesions according to Woertler [5]. (a) Bankart lesion, (b) bony Bankart lesion, (c) Perthes lesion, (d) ALPSA (anterior labro-ligamentous periosteal sleeve avulsion)…
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…
Chronic Posteromedial Instability: Reconstruction Techniques
Fig. 6.1 (a) Medial view of the knee: attachment sites (Redrawn from Bonasia et al. [17]). (b) Medial aspect of the knee showing the MCL (left loop) and the POL…
Chronic Lateral and Posterolateral Laxity: Reconstruction Techniques
Fig. 8.1 Author’s preferred position for isolated or combined PLC/cruciate ligaments reconstruction Fig. 8.2 Hockey’s stick incision passing midway between Gerdy’s tubercle and the peroneal head (Note: this patient had…
