Evidence-Based Orthopaedics. The Best Answers to Clinical Questions

Content: 
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Foreword, Page vii, JAMES D. HECKMAN
Contributors, Pages ix-xviii, Henry Ahn, Brent Graham, Andrew Howard, Hans J. Kreder, Johnny Tak-Choy Lau, Sheldon S. Lin, Nizar N. Mahomed, Daniel Whelan, Masahiko Akiyama, Isam Atroshi, Terry S. Axelrod, David Backstein, A. Kursat Barin, S. Samuel Bederman, Caleb Behrend, Gregory K. Berry, Mohit Bhandari, Paul Binhammer,  et al.
An Introduction to Evidence-Based Orthopaedics, Pages 1-4, JAMES G. WRIGHT
Chapter 1 - Should Patients with Acute Spinal Cord Injuries Receive Steroids?, Pages 7-10, STEVEN CASHA, R. JOHN HURLBERT
Chapter 2 - Should Patients Undergoing Decompression for a Grade 1 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Also Have an Instrumented Fusion?, Pages 11-15, HARRY HERKOWITZ, ERIC FRANCKE
Chapter 3 - Vertebral Augmentation: What Is the Role of Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty?, Pages 16-22, ISADOR LIEBERMAN, KRZYSZTOF SIEMIONOW
Chapter 4 - What Is the Ideal Surgical Treatment for an Adult Patient with a Lytic Spondylolisthesis?, Pages 23-27, JOEL A. FINKELSTEIN
Chapter 5 - What Is the Optimal Treatment for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis?, Pages 28-37, ALBERT J.M. YEE
Chapter 6 - What Is the Optimal Treatment for Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures?, Pages 38-45, MARCEL F. DVORAK, CHARLES G. FISHER
Chapter 7 - Is Neuromonitoring Beneficial During Spinal Surgery?, Pages 46-55, MICHAEL O. KELLEHER, JULIO CESAR FURLAN, MICHAEL G. FEHLINGS
Chapter 8 - What Is the Optimal Method of Managing a Patient with Cervical Myelopathy?, Pages 56-64, HOWARD GINSBERG, MASAHIKO AKIYAMA
Chapter 9 - Do Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Improve Spinal Fusion?, Pages 65-71, S. SAMUEL BEDERMAN, Y. RAJA RAMPERSAUD
Chapter 10 - What Is the Best Surgical Procedure for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome?, Pages 75-79, STEVEN J. MCCABE
Chapter 11 - What Is the Best Treatment for Displaced Fractures of the Distal Radius?, Pages 80-83, NEAL C. CHEN, JESSE B. JUPITER
Chapter 12 - What Is the Best Surgical Treatment for Early Degenerative Osteoarthritis of the Wrist?, Pages 84-87, GREG A. MERRELL, ARNOLD-PETER C. WEISS
Chapter 13 - What Is the Best Treatment for Acute Injuries of the Scapholunate Ligament?, Pages 88-90, PAUL BINHAMMER
Chapter 14 - What Is the Best Method of Rehabilitation after Flexor Tendon Repair in Zone II: Passive Mobilization or Early Active Motion? What Is the Best Suture Configuration for Repair of Flexor Tendon Lacerations?, Pages 91-103, KYLE A. MITSUNAGA, ROBERT M. SZABO
Chapter 15 - What Is the Best Management of Digital Triggering?, Pages 104-112, CHRISTINE J. CHENG
Chapter 16 - What Is the Evidence for a Cause-and-Effect Linkage Between Occupational Hand Use and Symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?, Pages 113-120, ISAM ATROSHI
Chapter 17 - What Are the Best Diagnostic Tests for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome?, Pages 121-125, KEVIN C. CHUNG, AHMER K. GHORI
Chapter 18 - What Is the Optimal Treatment of Displaced Midshaft Clavicle Fractures?, Pages 126-131, MICHAEL D. MCKEE
Chapter 19 - What Is the Best Surgical Treatment for Cuff Tear Arthropathy?, Pages 132-143, ROBERT H. HAWKINS
Chapter 20 - What Is the Best Treatment for Complex Proximal Humerus Fractures? What Are the Main Determinants of Outcome after Arthroplasty?, Pages 144-147, JASON L. HURD, JOSEPH D. ZUCKERMAN
Chapter 21 - What Are the Best Diagnostic Criteria for Lateral Epicondylitis?, Pages 148-157, CONSTANCE M. LEBRUN
Chapter 22 - What Are the Indications for Surgery, and What Is the Best Surgical Treatment for Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis?, Pages 158-167, BILL REGAN, PHILIPPE GRONDIN
Chapter 23 - What Is the Optimal Rehabilitative Approach to Post-Traumatic Elbow Stiffness?, Pages 168-174, JOY C. MACDERMID
Chapter 24 - Can We Prevent Children's Fractures?, Pages 177-180, ANDREW HOWARD
Chapter 25 - What Is the Best Treatment for Wrist Fractures?, Pages 181-183, ROBERT D. GALPIN
Chapter 26 - What Is the Best Treatment for Forearm Fractures?, Pages 184-187, KEITH NOONAN, REBECCA CARL
Chapter 27 - How Should We Treat Elbow Fractures in Children?, Pages 188-194, ANDREW HOWARD
Chapter 28 - What Is the Best Treatment for Femoral Fractures?, Pages 195-200, JENNIFER GOEBEL, JOHN M. FLYNN
Chapter 29 - What Is the Best Treatment for Growth Plate Injuries?, Pages 201-205, ANDREW WAINWRIGHT, TIM THEOLOGIS
Chapter 30 - How Do You Best Diagnose Septic Arthritis of the Hip?, Pages 206-215, MININDER S. KOCHER
Chapter 31 - What Is the Best Treatment for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Skeletally Immature Individuals?, Pages 216-223, R. BAXTER WILLIS
Chapter 32 - What Is the Optimal Treatment for Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis?, Pages 224-235, RANDALL T. LODER
Chapter 33 - Best Treatment for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: What Do Current Systematic Reviews Tell Us?, Pages 236-246, LORI A. DOLAN, STUART L. WEINSTEIN
Chapter 34 - What Is the Best Treatment for Ambulatory Cerebral Palsy?, Pages 247-257, UNNI G. NARAYANAN
Chapter 35 - What Is the Best Treatment for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip?, Pages 258-263, ANDREAS ROPOSCH
Chapter 36 - What Is the Best Treatment for Idiopathic Clubfoot?, Pages 264-272, FREDERICK R. DIETZ
Chapter 37 - What Is the Optimal Treatment for Hip and Spine in Myelomeningocele?, Pages 273-277, LUCIANO DIAS, VINEETA T. SWAROOP
Chapter 38 - What Is the Best Treatment of Malignant Bone Tumors in Children?, Pages 278-282, ABHA GUPTA, SEVAN HOPYAN
Chapter 39 - What Is the Best Treatment for Simple Bone Cysts?, Pages 283-292, SUZANNE YANDOW
Chapter 40 - Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease: How Should It Be Treated?, Pages 293-297, JOHN ANTHONY HERRING
Chapter 41 - What Is the Best Treatment for Hip Displacement in Nonambulatory Patients with Cerebral Palsy?, Pages 298-303, TIM THEOLOGIS, ANDREW WAINWRIGHT
Chapter 42 - Muscular Dystrophy: How Should It Be Treated?, Pages 304-309, SHAHRYAR NOORDIN
Chapter 43 - What Is the Best Treatment for Open Fractures?, Pages 313-316, DONALD WEBER
Chapter 44 - Mangled Extremity: Are Scoring Systems Useful?, Pages 317-321, DAVID W. SANDERS
Chapter 45 - What Is the Appropriate Timing of Prophylactic Stabilization of Osseous Metastases?, Pages 322-325, DAVID JOHN GARTH STEPHEN
Chapter 46 - What Is the Role of Splinting for Comfort?, Pages 326-331, HANS J. KREDER
Chapter 47 - Does the Type of Hospital in Which a Patient Is Treated Affect Outcomes in Orthopaedic Patients?, Pages 332-336, IRIS WELLER
Chapter 48 - How Does Surgeon and Hospital Volume Affect Patient Outcome after Traumatic Injury?, Pages 337-341, HANS J. KREDER
Chapter 49 - Are Bone Substitutes Useful in the Treatment and Prevention of Nonunions and in the Management of Subchondral Voids?, Pages 342-348, ROSS K. LEIGHTON, MOHIT BHANDARI, THOMAS A. RUSSELL, KELLY TRASK
Chapter 50 - Fracture Healing: How Strong Is the Effect of Smoking on Bone Healing?, Pages 349-352, MICHAEL D. MCKEE
Chapter 51 - What Is the Best Way to Prevent Heterotopic Ossification after Acetabular Fracture Fixation?, Pages 353-359, BERTON R. MOED, HEIDI ISRAEL
Chapter 52 - When Is It Safe to Resect Heterotopic Ossification?, Pages 360-363, TERRY S. AXELROD
Chapter 53 - Damage Control Trauma Care: Does It Save Lives or Make No Difference?, Pages 364-369, RALF SCHOENIGER, PETER J. O'BRIEN
Chapter 54 - Humeral Shaft Fractures: What Is the Best Treatment?, Pages 370-372, GREGORY K. BERRY
Chapter 55 - Supracondylar Humeral Fractures: Is Open Reduction and Internal Fixation or Primary Total Elbow Arthroplasty Better in Poor Quality Bone?, Pages 373-378, MICHAEL D. MCKEE
Chapter 56 - Acetabular Fractures: Does Delay to Surgery Infl uence Outcome?, Pages 379-381, RICHARD J. JENKINSON, MARCELLA MAATHUIS, HANS J. KREDER, DAVID J.G. STEPHEN
Chapter 57 - Hip Dislocation: How Does Delay to Reduction Affect Avascular Necrosis Rate?, Pages 382-386, PAUL R.T. KUZYK, EMIL H. SCHEMITSCH
Chapter 58 - Combined Fractures of the Hip and Femoral Shaft: What Is the Best Treatment Method?, Pages 387-391, PAUL R.T. KUZYK, EMIL H. SCHEMITSCH
Chapter 59 - Femoral Neck Fractures: When Should a Displaced Subcapital Fracture Be Replaced versus Fixed?, Pages 392-395, MOHIT BHANDARI
Chapter 60 - Intracapsular Femoral Neck Fracture: How Does Delay in Surgery Affect Complication Rate?, Pages 396-400, PAUL R.T. KUZYK, EMIL H. SCHEMITSCH
Chapter 61 - Subtrochanteric Femoral Fractures: Is a Nail or Plate Better?, Pages 401-404, ALLAN S.L. LIEW
Chapter 62 - Femoral Shaft Fractures: What Is the Best Treatment?, Pages 405-409, RUDOLF W. POOLMAN, MOHIT BHANDARI
Chapter 63 - Supracondylar Femoral Fractures: Is a Locking Plate or a Nail Better?, Pages 410-414, ROSS K. LEIGHTON, KELLY TRASK
Chapter 64 - What Is the Relation Between Malunion and Function for Lower Extremity Tibial Diaphyseal Fractures?, Pages 415-419, BRAD A. PETRISOR
Chapter 65 - Tibial Diaphyseal Fractures: What Is the Best Treatment?, Pages 420-425, NÄDER HELMY, PIOTR A. BLACHUT
Chapter 66 - What Is the Best Treatment for Pilon Fractures?, Pages 426-431, PAUL VINCENT FEARON, PETER J. O'BRIEN
Chapter 67 - What Is the Best Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis?, Pages 435-440, NELSON FONG SOOHOO, CALEB BEHREND
Chapter 68 - What Is the Best Treatment for Posterior Tibial Tendonitis?, Pages 441-447, PRAVEEN YALAMANCHILI, STEPHEN PINNEY, SHELDON S. LIN
Chapter 69 - What Is the Best Treatment for Achilles Tendon Rupture?, Pages 448-452, MARK GLAZEBROOK
Chapter 70 - What Is the Best Treatment for End-Stage Ankle Arthritis?, Pages 453-461, TIM R. DANIELS, MOHAMED MAGED MOKHIMER
Chapter 71 - What Is the Best Treatment for Ankle Osteochondral Lesions?, Pages 462-472, VICTOR VALDERRABANO, ANDRÉ LEUMANN
Chapter 72 - What Is the Best Treatment for End-Stage Hallux Rigidus?, Pages 473-478, JOHNNY TAK-CHOY LAU
Chapter 73 - What Is the Best Treatment for Hallux Valgus?, Pages 479-491, MARK E. EASLEY, JOHN S. REACH, HANS-JOERG TRNKA
Chapter 74 - What Is the Best Treatment for a Charcot Foot and Ankle?, Pages 492-497, LEW SCHON, MEENA SHATBY
Chapter 75 - What Is the Best Treatment for Displaced Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures?, Pages 498-501, RICHARD E. BUCKLEY
Chapter 76 - What Is the Best Treatment of Displaced Talar Neck Fractures?, Pages 502-505, NICOLE L. FETTER, CHRISTOPHER P. CHIODO
Chapter 77 - What Is the Best Treatment for Injury to the Tarsometatarsal Joint Complex?, Pages 506-510, DOMINIC CARREIRA, MARK S. MYERSON
Chapter 78 - What Is the Best Treatment for Recurrent Ankle Instability?, Pages 511-518, ALASTAIR YOUNGER
Chapter 79 - Regional Anesthesia for Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: Is It Worth the Effort?, Pages 521-534, RICHARD BRULL, G. ARUN PRASAD, VINCENT W.S. CHAN
Chapter 80 - Should Thromboprophylaxis Be Used for Lower Limb Joint Replacement Surgery?, Pages 535-547, ERIK L. YEO
Chapter 81 - What Blood Conservation Techniques for Total Joint Arthroplasty Work?, Pages 548-555, STUART A. MCCLUSKEY, ATUL PRABHU
Chapter 82 - What Is the Role of Antibiotic Cement in Total Joint Replacement?, Pages 556-560, J. RODERICK DAVEY, RAJIV GANDHI
Chapter 83 - Total Hip Replacement: Hybrid versus Uncemented: Which Is Better?, Pages 561-564, KHALED SALEH, MARK MCCARTHY, WILLIAM MIHALKO, QUANJUN QUI, THOMAS E. BROWN
Chapter 84 - Which Bearing Surface Should Be Used: Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene versus Metal or Metal versus Ceramic on Ceramic?, Pages 565-571, RICHARD A. HOCKING, STEVEN J. MACDONALD
Chapter 85 - What Are the Facts and Fiction of Minimally Invasive Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Surgery?, Pages 572-579, DAVID BACKSTEIN
Chapter 86 - What Is the Role for Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty?, Pages 580-586, A. KURSAT BARIN, JAMES POWELL
Chapter 87 - When Should a Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Be Considered?, Pages 587-591, MICHAEL J. DUNBAR
Chapter 88 - Should You Save or Substitute the Posterior Cruciate Ligament in Total Knee Replacement?, Pages 592-597, PAUL R.T. KUZYK, EMIL H. SCHEMITSCH
Chapter 89 - Should Patella Be Resurfaced in Total Knee Replacement?, Pages 598-607, RAPHAEL C.Y. HAU, BASSAM A. MASRI, DONALD S. GARBUZ
Chapter 90 - What Is Role of Computer Navigation in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty?, Pages 608-613, RAJIV GANDHI, NIZAR N. MAHOMED
Chapter 91 - How Do You Make a Diagnosis of an Infected Arthroplasty?, Pages 614-618, ALEXANDER SIEGMETH, DONALD S. GARBUZ, BASSAM A. MASRI
Chapter 92 - Are Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Preventable?, Pages 621-624, WARREN R. DUNN
Chapter 93 - Autograft Choice in Anterior: Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Should It Be Patellar Tendon or Hamstring Tendon?, Pages 625-629, DANIEL WHELAN, KATIE N. DAINTY, DENISE CHAN, NICHOLAS G. MOHTADI
Chapter 94 - Is There a Role for Arthroscopy in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis?, Pages 630-633, CHRISTOPHER C. DODSON, ROBERT G. MARX
Chapter 95 - What Are Effective Therapies for Anterior Knee Pain?, Pages 634-639, JENNY MCCONNELL
Chapter 96 - What Is the Best Treatment for Chondral Defects in the Knee?, Pages 640-647, TOM MINAS, ANDREAS H. GOMOLL
Chapter 97 - Multiligament Knee Injury: Should Surgical Reconstruction Be Acute or Delayed?, Pages 648-658, JACQUELYN MARSH, LYNDSAY SOMERVILLE, J. ROBERT GIFFIN, DIANNE BRYANT
Chapter 98 - Should First-Time Shoulder Dislocators Be Stabilized Surgically?, Pages 659-666, DANIEL WHELAN
Chapter 99 - Open versus Arthroscopic Repair for Shoulder Instability: What's Best?, Pages 667-677, ROBERT LITCHFIELD, FINTAN SHANNON
Chapter 100 - Is Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Superior?, Pages 678-682, RICHARD M. HOLTBY, SHASHANK MISRA
Subject Index, Pages 683-702