Advanced Techniques in Limb Reconstruction Surgery

✍ Scribed by Mehmet Kocaoğlu, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Levent Eralp (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 464
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

As a result of recent advances in surgical techniques and implant technology it is now possible to perform limb reconstruction in patients with a range of congenital, posttraumatic, and postinfection pathologies. This book is a clear, practical guide to the state-of-the-art surgical procedures employed in limb reconstruction for diverse conditions. It includes precise descriptions of the techniques themselves, accompanied by numerous helpful drawings and photographs. Pearls and pitfalls are highlighted, and thorough advice is also provided on indications, preoperative planning, and postoperative follow-up. The editors have carefully selected the contributors based on their expertise, and many of the authors were themselves responsible for developing the techniques that they describe.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Lengthening over Nails (LON): Femur and Tibia....Pages 1-32
Combined Technique: Correction of Long Bone Deformities Using Fixator-Assisted Nailing....Pages 33-47
Femoral and Tibial Deformity Correction and Consecutive Lengthening over an Intramedullary Nail (FAN-LON)....Pages 49-83
Hybrid Lengthening Techniques: Lengthening and Then Nailing (LATN) and Lengthening and Then Plating (LAP)....Pages 85-99
Knee Arthrodesis with Monolateral External Fixator for the Treatment of Infected Knee Arthroplasty....Pages 101-110
Acute Temporary Malpositioning for Dealing with Extensive Tissue Loss After Severe High-Energy Trauma to Extremities....Pages 111-117
Salvage of Infected Periarticular Fractures....Pages 119-134
Reconstruction of Segmentary Defects in Chronic Osteomyelitis Using the Combined Technique....Pages 135-157
Reconstruction Techniques for Mega Bone Defects....Pages 159-176
Application of External Fixators for Reconstruction in Bone Tumor Surgery....Pages 177-189
Joint Contracture Management with External Fixators....Pages 191-221
Joint Distraction for Special Conditions....Pages 223-244
Lengthening Reconstruction Surgery for Congenital Femoral Deficiency....Pages 245-299
Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia: Redefined (Congenital Crural Segmental Dysplasia)....Pages 301-319
Treatment of Tibial Hemimelia....Pages 321-359
Distraction Arthroplasty for Ankle Osteoarthritis....Pages 361-367
Hindfoot Reconstruction by the Combined Technique....Pages 369-375
Complex Foot Deformities: Correction with the Taylor Spatial Frame....Pages 377-405
Circular External Fixation of the Spine and Pelvis for Insoluble Spinal Deformities....Pages 407-419
Pelvic Inlet Reconstruction for Obstruction Associated with Lumbosacral Agenesis Utilizing Distraction Osteogenesis and Circular External Fixation....Pages 421-431
Pelvic Support Osteotomy (PSO): Indications, Limits and Complications....Pages 433-459
Back Matter....Pages 461-471

✦ Subjects

Surgical Orthopedics