Surgical orthopaedics and fractures

The subtitle of this book - A Holistic Approach to Rehabilitatio- underscores our fundamental point of view regarding spinal ailments.

In the rehabilitation of paraplegics reconstructive and corrective operations play a not unimportant part.

Progress in traumatology of the vertebral spine has been restrained for a long time by two hindering factors.

There currently is a clear tendency to an increasing number of accidental injuries in elderly people, in sport injuries and car crashes also in countries which recently joined the European Union and candidates to join the European Union.

This thirteenth volume in the EUROPEAN INSTRUCTIONAL LECTURES series continues the format of educational chapters from across Orthopaedics and Traumatology contributed by distinguished Orthopaedic Educators in Europe.

Nearly a million anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur each year worldwide, causing long-term problems in the knee joint.

This book discusses the full range of current applications of computer-assisted surgery and robotics in the field of knee surgery, and also considers potential future applications.

Compared with traditional surgical procedures, wrist arthroscopy reduces the risk to patients and hastens recovery.

This book contains a collection of instructional course lectures given during the 15th ESSKA (European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy) Congress, held in Geneva during May 2012.

During the 2011 EFORT Congress in Copenhagen, many interesting topics relating to tribology in total hip arthroplasty were discussed during a special day devoted entirely to the subject.

This twelfth volume in the EUROPEAN INSTRUCTIONAL LECTURES series continues the format of educational chapters from across Orthopaedics and Traumatology contributed by distinguished Orthopaedic Educators in Europe.

This book describes in detail a unique and very precise operative technique that uses autologous cartilage/bone grafts for the reconstruction of load-bearing joint surfaces and for dowelling of non-unions.

This book is based on results of the 2010 International Symposium on Dupuytren's disease held in Miami, Florida, but it also includes new data and additional chapters.

This manual of spine surgery has become necessary as a consequence of the rapid expansion of instrumented spine surgery using different minimally invasive and non-fusion techniques.

This book documents all the ways a growth plate can be damaged, other than fracture.

This book, written by members of the core faculty responsible for European courses on Medical Response to Major Incidents (MRMI), is a practical guide for all medical staff on how to respond to a wide range of disaster scenarios.

Surgery needs skill.

This easy-to-read handbook begins with the basics on how to "e;read"e; X-rays and then goes on to discuss the details.

Non-idiopathic early onset scoliosis represents a true challenge to the physician due to the significance of the ongoing growth of the spine, the risk of curve progression, and the risk of pulmonary insufficiency.

It has been several years since the nuclear medicine community was presented with an outstanding text on bone scintigraphy.

Powered Upper Limb Prostheses deals with the concept, implementation and clinical application of utilizing inherent electrical signals within normally innervated residual muscles under voluntary control of an upper limb amputee, amplifying these signals by battery-powered electrical means to make a terminal device, the prosthetic hand, move to perform intended function.

Primary knee arthroplasty (PKA) has a long history and modern mobile bearing knee implants are successfully implanted worldwide since 1977.

Joint replacement is a logical step in the treatment of severe joint pathologies with irreversible lesions resisting conservative therapy.

The Corail(R) Hip System was developed in 1986 as an innovative solution for hip arthroplasty and has since become one of the most used hip systems in the world.

This eleventh volume in the EUROPEAN INSTRUCTIONAL LECTURES series continues the format of educational chapters from across Orthopaedics and Traumatology contributed by distinguished Orthopaedic Educators in Europe.

This guide provides practical information for the care of patients with blunt injuries.

The reader will find in this book a new approach to improving health.

This book is designed to meet the continued need to re-learn the principles of treatment of complex war injuries to the extremities in order to minimize post-traumatic and post-treatment complications and optimize functional recovery.

In recent years, research studies into sports injuries have provided healthcare professionals with a better understanding of their etiology and natural history.

An illustrative manual for general spine surgeons, this text atlas covers all currently available techniques of upper cervical spine and craniovertebral junction reconstruction.

Syringomelia is a relatively rare clinical entity in which fluid-filled cavities develop within the spinal cord.

It is a privilege for me to introduce this Instructional Lecture book for the 11th EFORT Congress.

Die Implantation einer Knieendoprothese gilt heute als Standardoperation, dennoch erfordert sie eine anspruchsvolle Operationstechnik.

Seeing is believing.

Low back pain is a very common problem that is increasingly being treated surgically.

Over the past three decades, the flexible intramedullary nailing (FIN) technique that originated in the University of Nancy in France has evolved to the point where it is becoming the gold standard for the treatment of many fractures in children.

Foreword from a Clinical Biomechanist, Applied Physiologist and Prosthetist teaching graduate students in Prosthetics & Orthotics.

Spinal surgeons treat spinal trauma patients on a regular basis in their hospital emergency rooms.

The 10th Congress of the European Federation of National Associations of Ort- paedics and Traumatology (EFORT) is the most important combined congress of the national societies in Europe.

Recent years have witnessed a trend toward the use of minimally invasive techniques in all areas of orthopedic surgery, including hip replacement.

This handy, well-illustrated manual has been designed to meet the need of interventional pain physicians to understand the radiologic imaging involved in the performance of non-spinal pain procedures.

There currently is a clear tendency to an increasing number of accidental injuries in elderly people, in sport injuries and car crashes also in countries which recently joined the European Union and candidates to join the European Union.

The incidence of acute and overuse sports injuries in children and adolescents are increasing.

Osteoporosis is a global threat because it can impact every human being as they age.