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Efficient hip joint distraction using the AO large femoral distractor in treating acetabular fractures associated with marginal impaction and intraarticular incarcerated fragments
PurposeThe results after acetabular fracture are primarily related to the quality of articular reduction. Using the AO large femoral distractor,...
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Antegrade and Retrograde Femoral Nailing
Most femoral shaft fractures are treated surgically. Early surgical stabilization is linked to lower mortality and fewer complications An...
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Antegrade and Retrograde Femoral Nailing
Most femoral shaft fractures are treated surgically. Early surgical stabilization is linked to lower mortality and fewer complications An...
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Surgical Technique: Arthroscopic Reduction and Internal Fixation of Femoral Head and Acetabulum Fractures
Beyond foreign body or fracture fragment removal, the use of hip arthroscopy has expanded into a minimally invasive treatment for the osteosynthesis...
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An intraoperative laterally placed distractor for gradual load sharing correction of severe spastic neuromuscular spinal deformity
PurposeTo analyze the overall deformity correction for severe neuromuscular scoliosis using laterally placed intra-operative distraction and compare...
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Malunions of the Femoral Shaft
The operative management with intramedullary fixation has revolutionized treatment of femoral shaft fractures; however, malunions can still occur....
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Management of distal femoral fractures with metaphyseal and articular comminution (AO/OTA 33C) using nail and plate fixation: a technical note and case series of 14 patients
PurposeTo describe the surgical technique and the outcome of a case series of comminuted intra-articular distal femur fractures (AO/OTA 33C) treated...
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Distal Femur Fractures and Periprosthetic Fractures around Distal Femur
Distal femoral fractures make up 4–6% of all osteoporotic femoral fractures [1]. Such fractures are associated with high morbidity and mortality....
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Legg–Calvé–Perthes Disease
Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease (LCPD) is a pediatric form of idiopathic femoral head osteonecrosis. It most commonly affects boys between the ages of 4...
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Pelvic Fractures
Pelvic ring disruption (PRD) accounts for 3% of all adult fractures, and the majority of these cases, especially cases of irreducible, unilateral...
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Femoral Shaft Fractures
Femoral shaft fractures (FSF) occur in young adults following high-energy trauma. They may present with other life-threatening associated injuries....
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Distal Femur Fractures
For uncomplicated fracture healing, approach and fracture reduction technique need to be minimized during surgery in order to reduce iatrogentic soft...
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Complex Bifocal Femoral Fractures
Complex combined injuries to the femora represent a small subset of femur injuries yet warrant the treating surgeon’s utmost attention. This chapter...
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Femoral Head Fractures
Femoral head fractures are rare but significant intra-articular and intracapsular fractures that often require emergent surgical management. Femoral...
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Diaphyseal Femur Fractures
Femoral shaft fractures are most often associated with high-energy trauma, occurring predominantly in the young and economically active population....
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Surgical Technique: Arthroscopic Iliopsoas Lengthening After THA
A small proportion of total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients remain symptomatic with persistent groin discomfort may have an underlying iliopsoas...
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Surgical Technique: Arthroscopic Iliopsoas Lengthening After THA
A small proportion of total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients remain symptomatic with persistent groin discomfort may have an underlying iliopsoas...
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Bernese periacetabular osteotomy (PAO): from its local inception to its worldwide adoption
The development of the Bernese periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) is based on a structured approach starting with an analysis of the preexisting...
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Retrograde Nailing
Retrograde nailing has several technical advantages, such as avoiding use of a fracture table, easy patient positioning, and relatively short...
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Femur Lengthening in a Patient with a Pseudoaneurysm of the Superficial Femoral Artery Treated with Covered Stent
This case report presents a 29-year-old male patient who presented an articular distal femoral fracture sustained in a road traffic accident in...