Distal Radius Fractures: Evidence-Based Management

Description

Edited and authored by leading international experts, Distal Radius Fractures: Evidence-Based Management provides a state-of-the-art overview of diagnosis and management based on today’s best practices. Each chapter focuses on one key issue, offering a challenging case and then questioning the reader in an engaging fashion to provide the best available evidence on each topic. Practical and easy to read, this innovative text is a useful resource for all residents, physicians and surgeons who manage fractures

Key Features

• Combines current best practices with the knowledge and experience of a global team of expert contributing authors, with a focus on practical use in applying the evidence.
• Covers need-to-know topics such as anatomy and biomechanics, diagnostic management, acute fracture management, management of pediatric and elderly fractures, and more.
• Includes valuable case scenarios, technical tips and tricks, and pearls and pitfalls.
• Features high-quality illustrations including CT scans, x-rays, and clinical photographs.
• Consolidates the latest evidence on distal radius fractures into one convenient resource.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Table of Contents

1. Section 1: Introduction
2. Chapter 1: Principles of Evidence-Based Management of Distal Radius Fractures
3. Chapter 2: Using Evidence to Manage Distal Radius Fractures
4. Section 2: Anatomy and Biomechanics
5. Chapter 3: Epidemiology
6. Chapter 4: Osseous and Ligamentous Anatomy of the Distal Radius
7. Chapter 5: Biomechanics of DRF
8. Section 3: Diagnostic Management
9. Chapter 6: Radiographic Parameters and Classifications
10. Chapter 7: Role of Advanced Imaging
11. Section 4: Acute Fracture Management
12. Chapter 8: Closed reduction of displaced DRF
13. Chapter 9: Surgical versus conservative interventions for Displaced Distal Radius Fractures
14. Chapter 10: Predictors of Instability and secondary dislocation of conservatively treated DRF
15. Chapter 11: Plating versus Percutaneous Kirschner Wires for simple DRF
16. Chapter 12: Volar plating versus Dorsal plating
17. Chapter 13: Comminuted articular DRF
18. Chapter 14: Comminuted metaphyseal DRF
19. Chapter 15: Bone graft substitutes
20. Chapter 16: Arthroscopic-assisted treatment of DRF
21. Chapter 17: Simultaneous Fractures of the Distal Radius and Scaphoid
22. Chapter 18: Galeazzi Fracture Dislocations
23. Chapter 19: Essex Lopresti Fracture Dislocations
24. Chapter 20: Acute DRUJ Instability
25. Chapter 21: Concomitant ulnar styloid fractures
26. Chapter 22: Persistent Ulnar Sided pain after DRF
27. Chapter 23: Association Between Radiological and Patient-Reported Outcomes
28. Chapter 24: Rehabilitation
29. Chapter 25: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
30. Section 5: Pediatric Fracture Management
31. Chapter 26: Pediatric DRF
32. Chapter 27: Pediatric Forearm Fractures
33. Section 6: Elderly Fracture Management
34. Chapter 28: Fracture Fixation in the Elderly
35. Chapter 29: Prevention of DRF
36. Section 7: Malunion and Nonunion
37. Chapter 30: Diagnosing the Malunited Distal Radius
38. Chapter 31: Treatment of the Extra-articular Malunited Distal Radius
39. Chapter 32: Treatment of the Intra-articular Malunited Distal Radius
40. Chapter 33: Corrective Osteotomy of Distal Radius Malunion
41. Chapter 34: Three-Dimensional Planning and surgical guidance of Malunion Correction
42. Chapter 35: Nonunion
43. Section 8: Posttraumatic Arthritis and Complications
44. Chapter 36: Tendon ruptures after DRF
45. Chapter 37: Chronic DRUJ Instability
46. Chapter 38: Posttraumatic DRUJ Arthritis
47. Chapter 39: Posttraumatic RSL Arthritis
48. Chapter 40: Wrist contracture

Authors Biography

Geert Alexander Buijze, MD PhD, Hand Surgeon, Hand and upper limb surgeon, Clinique Générale d’Annecy, France. Assistant Professor, University Hospital CHU Montpellier, France, Postdoc, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands

Jesse Jupiter, MD, Hansjoerg Wyss/AO Professor, Harvard Medical School, Department Of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Past President, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, Past President, American Association of Hand Surgery

Michel Chammas, MD, PhD, Professor, Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Trauma Surgery, University of Montpellier, France