Internal Fixation of Small Fractures: Technique Recommended by the Ao-Asif Group (Paperback, 3, 1988. Softcover)

I. History and Goals.- General Section.- II. Implants and Instruments.- 1. Screws.- 2. Plates.- 3. Additional Implants.- 4. The Small External Fixator.- 5. Instruments.- 6. Instrument Cases.- 7. Mini Compressed Air Machine.- III. General Techniques for the Internal Fixation of Small Fractures.- 1. Basic Principles.- 2. Interfragmental Compression with Lag Screws.- 3. Tension-Band Wires.- 4. Axial Interfragmental Compression with a Plate.- 5. Neutralization Plates.- 6. Buttress Plates.- 7. Combined Internal Fixation Using Small and Large Implants.- 8. Multiple Fractures.- 9. Operative Technique with Special Plates.- 10. Open Fractures.- 11. Small External Fixator - Technique and Indications.- IV. Preoperative, Operative, and Postoperative Guidelines.- V. Removal of Implants.- VI. Autogenous Bone Grafts.- VII. Reconstructive Surgery.- VIII. Introduction and Overview.- Special Section.- IX. The Shoulder Girdle.- 1. Clavicle.- 2. Scapula.- 3. Proximal Humerus.- 4. Illustrative Clinical X-Rays.- X. The Elbow.- 1. Distal Humerus.- 2. Radial Head.- 3. Olecranon.- 4. Illustrative Clinical X-Rays.- XI. The Shafts of the Radius and Ulna.- XII. The Wrist and Carpus.- 1. Distal Radius.- 2. Distal Ulna.- 3. Scaphoid (Navicular).- 4. Other Carpal Bones.- 5. Arthrodesis of the Wrist.- 6. Illustrative Clinical X-Rays.- XIII. The Hand.- A. Introduction.- B. Injuries of the First Ray.- 1. Fractures of the Base of the First Metacarpal.- 2. Distal Fractures of the First Ray.- 3. Secondary Operations on the First Ray.- 4. Illustrative Case Reports and X-Rays.- C. Injuries of the Second through Fifth Rays.- 1. Approaches.- 2. Fractures of the Second through Fifth Metacarpals.- 3. Articular Fractures.- 4. Fractures of the Phalangeal Shafts.- 5. Secondary Operations on the Second through Fifth Rays.- 6. Fixation Techniques for Complex Injuries and Amputations of the Hand.- 7. Illustrative Case Reports and X-Rays.- XIV. The Knee.- 1. Patella.- 2. Tibia.- 3. Ligament Repairs.- 4. Lateral Avulsion Fractures (Femoral Condyle, Fibular Head).- 5. Osteochondral Fractures.- 6. Secondary Operations.- 7. Illustrative Case Reports and X-Rays.- XV. The Tibial Shaft.- XVI. The Ankle Joint.- A. Distal Intra-Articular Fractures of the Tibia.- 1. Split Fractures without a Cancellous Bone Defect.- 2. Simple Depressed Fracture.- 3. Complex Fractures with a Cancellous Bone Defect.- 4. Secondary Operations.- 5. Illustrative Case Reports and X-Rays.- B. Malleolar Fractures.- 1. Classification and Patient Selection.- 2. Internal Fixations and Ligament Repairs on the Lateral Side.- 3. Internal Fixations on the Medial Side.- 4. Aftertreatment.- 5. Secondary Operations after Malleolar Fractures.- C. Fractures of the Talus.- D. Illustrative Case Reports and X-Rays.- XVII. The Foot.- 1. Calcaneus.- 2. Tarsal Navicular.- 3. Cuneiforms and Cuboid.- 4. Dislocations and Fracture-Dislocations.- 5. Fractures of the Metatarsal Shaft and Neck.- 6. Fractures of the Fifth Metatarsal.- 7. Fractures of the Big Toe.- 8. Secondary Operations on the Forefoot.- 9. Illustrative Case Reports and X-Rays.- XVIII. Special Indications.- 1. Internal Fixations in Children.- 2. Use of the SFS in Rheumatoid Surgery.- 3. Illustrative Case Reports and X-Rays.- References.