Techniques and Principles for the Operating Room

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Reflecting the recent dramatic advances in orthopedic trauma care and orthopedic implants, this highly practical surgical guide provides step-by-step descriptions of new, state-of-the-art techniques as well as in-depth information on classic, time-tested methods. Packed with hundreds of the high-quality, full-color illustrations for which AO books are known, the expert authors of this must-have text discuss operating room principles for different aspects of OR management for ORP (orthotic rehabilitation products) and AO principles of fracture management, and give advice on how to perform common procedures, with an emphasis on the use of surgical instruments. Key Features Comprehensive discussion of relative stability, biological fixation, minimally invasive techniques, the correct use of locking head screws and the locking compression plate, and more Concise chapters designed to aid ORP and junior residents as they assist during surgery Full-color illustrations complement thorough descriptions of each step of the procedures AO Techniques and Principles for the Operating Room is an invaluable tool for operating room staff and all residents starting their careers in orthopedic trauma care. Table of Contents Introduction Contributors Acknowledgments Glossary 1 Operating room principles 1.1 Patient Judy Orson, Donna Russell-Larson 1.2 Personnel Rossana Fornazzari, Myriam Sanchez 1.3 Environment Christine Booth 1.4 Instrumentation Isabel van Rie Richards 1.5 Implants 1.5.1 Material Nicola Kildea, Jessica Hayes 1.5.2 Care and storage of implants Judith Roberson 1.5.3 Damaged and broken implants Nicola Kildea, Anna Wilkins 1.6 Equipment 1.6.1 Operating room table Sari Cohen 1.6.2 Image intensifier Poh Yan Lim, Merng Koon Wong 1.6.3 Pneumatic tourniquet Poh Yan Lim, Merng Koon Wong 1.6.4 Air and power supply Poh Yan Lim, Siew Hong Lau, Donna Russell-Larson 2 Principles of trauma care 2.1 Fracture issues Christopher G Moran 2.2 Fracture classification James Kellam 2.3 Soft-tissue injuries David Volgas 2.4 Instrumentation 2.4.1 Spectrum of stability Piet de Boer 2.4.2 Screw techniques Daniel Saris 2.4.3 Plates and plate techniques David Hak 2.4.4 Tension band techniques Matthew Porteous 2.4.5 Intramedullary techniques Merng Koon Wong 2.4.6 Extramedullary techniques Michael Baumgaertner 2.5 Diaphyseal fractures Klaus Dresing 2.6 Articular fractures Thomas P Ruedi 2.7 Diagnostic methods Roshdy Guirguis 2.8 Preoperative planning for ORP—the team approach Steven Schelkun 2.9 Multiple fractures/polytrauma patients Peter V Giannoudis 2.10 Reduction techniques Paul Szypryt 2.11 Minimally invasive techniques Theerachai Apivatthakakul 2.12 Bone grafting Mamoun Kremli 2.13 Complications Benjamin Ollivere 2.14 Implant removal Graeme Groom 3 Anatomical applications 3.1 Introduction, including general surgical instruments Susanne Bäuerle 3.2 Clavicular fractures Peter Campbell 3.3 Proximal humeral fractures David Limb 3.4 Humeral shaft fractures Rogier Simmermacher 3.5 Distal humeral fractures Bruce Twaddle 3.6 Olecranon fractures Beyth Shaul 3.7 Forearm shaft fractures Mariusz Bonczar 3.8 Distal radial fractures Martin Wood 3.9 Hand fractures Doug Campbell 3.10 Pelvic ring fractures AD Patel 3.11 Proximal femoral fractures Malcolm Smith, Matthew Porteous 3.12 Diaphyseal femoral fractures in adults and children Nigel Rossiter 3.13 Distal femoral fractures Ian Harris 3.14 Patella fractures Wa’el Taha 3.15 Proximal tibial fractures Peter Campbell 3.16 Tibial shaft fractures Paulo Barbosa 3.17 Distal tibial fractures Fabio Castelli 3.18 Malleolar fractures Rodrigo Pesantez 3.19 Calcaneal fractures Richard E Buckley