Elements of Fracture Fixation - E-Book
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Elements of Fracture Fixation - E-Book

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eBook - ePub

Elements of Fracture Fixation - E-Book

About this book

An excellent book covering the biomechanical and clinical aspects of each 'element' of fracture fixation and informs on different effective methods of use in a very concise and lucid manner.Exceedingly valuable for postgraduate students, orthopaedic surgeons and teaching faculties as the book provides the basics and biomechanics of both new and old elements of fracture fixation. The simple sketches and descriptions will help the students and trainees to easily understand the basic and scientific rationales of modern operative fracture treatment.- Techniques and implants involved in the management of fracture have been discussed in detail.- Provides current knowledge on structure, design, material properties and functions of screws, plates, nails, wires and external fixators.- Contains the relevant facts about commonly used implants in a simple and precise language.- Essentially deals with metals used in fracture fixation and with the elements in some details.- Deals with the structuring of the wreckage of the old bones.- Highlights the different instruments used in fracture fixation along with the methods. New to this Edition- New chapter on osteoporosis and fracture fixation.- New topics included in this edition are: totally novel concepts of screw design and effective plate fixation, methods in osteoporotic bone stabilization, biomechanics of elastic stable intramedullary nail, innovative methods and devices to prevent cutout of sliding hip screw, fresh information on cable fixation and utilization of Kirschner wire, elements of ring fixator, latest materials in fracture treatment and contemporary norms of metal removal.- All chapters have been thoroughly revised and expanded (60% increase in text and 55% increase in illustrations).

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Foreword to the second edition
  7. Foreword to the first edition
  8. Preface to the second edition
  9. Preface to the first edition
  10. Chapter 1 Lexicon of fracture fixation
  11. Chapter 2 Metals and materials for fracture fixation
  12. Chapter 3 Bone Screws
  13. Chapter 4 Bone plates
  14. Chapter 5 Intramedullary nailing
  15. Chapter 6 Hip fixation
  16. Chapter 7 Wire, cable and pins
  17. Chapter 8 External fixators
  18. Chapter 9 Osteoporosis and fracture fixation
  19. Index
  20. Bibliography