Nonunion of the Long Bones Diagnosis and treatment with compression-distraction techniques /
In 2%-7% of all bone fractures, union is delayed or fails. Nonunions of the bones represent a challenge for orthopedic surgeons and can have a severe psychological impact on these patients. Moreover, the social cost of managing these lesions, often requiring multiple procedures, may be very high, an...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milano :
Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer,
2006.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2006. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Fracture Healing
- Diaphyseal Fracture Repair
- Assessment of Fracture Healing
- Nonunions: General Features
- Failure of Union
- Nonunions: Diagnosis
- Diagnosis
- Diagnosis of Infection
- Nonunions: Treatment
- Prevention
- Nonunions: Treatment Objectives and Options
- Compression-Distraction Systems
- Compression-Distraction Methods
- Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Techniques Other Than Compression-Distraction Methods
- Treatment of Infected Nonunions: Techniques Other Than Compression-Distraction Methods
- Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Hypertrophic Nonunions
- Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Normotrophic Nonunions
- Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Atrophic Nonunions
- Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Parafocal Osteotomy
- Treatment of Infected Nonunions
- Amputations and Prosthetic Fitting
- Antibiotic Therapy
- Rehabilitation
- Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism
- Future Directions
- Future Perspectives: Computer-Assisted Surgery
- Method of Unified Designation of External Fixation.