Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 6.1 The Superior Suspensory Shoulder Complex (SSSC) according to the description of Goss, 1993. Osseous structures of the SSSC ring are marked in black, the ligamenteous structures in red…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…