Internal fixation in osteoporotic bone

Content: PART I. Essentials of Osteoporosis  1.Pathogenesis and Histomorphology of Osteoporosis (Helen E. Gruber) 2.Biomechanics of Osteoporotic Bone and Fractures (Nozomu Inoue & Edmund Y. Chao) 3.Bone Healing in Pathologic Conditions (William R. Walsh, Y. Yu, Jia Lin Yang, R. Hocking, P. Chapman-Sheath, & Warwick Bruce) 4.Mechanisms of Internal Fixation (Allan F. Tencer) 5.Imaging and Densitometry of Osteoporotic Bone (Sven Prevrhal, Christopher Njeh, and Harry K. Genant)  PART II. Current Clinical Techniques  6.Current Methods and Trends in Fixation of Osteoporotic Bone (Yuehuei H. An, Chad R. Burgoy, Matthew S. Crum, & John A. Glaser) 7.Basic Principles and Technical Aspects of Internal Fixation in Osteoporotic Bone (Ralph Hertel & Bernhard Jost) 8.Internal Fixation of Osteoporotic Long Bone (Charles N. Cornell) 9.Internal Fixation of Osteoporotic Spine (Toru Hirano & Kazuhiro Hasegawa) 10.Internal Fixation of Osteoporotic Acetabular and Pelvic Fractures (Dana C. Mears) 11.Bone Fixation in Patients with Paget's Disease (David L. Glaser & Frederick S. Kaplan) 12.Bone Fixation in Patients with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Lewis E. Zionts & Edward Ebramzadeh) 13.Internal Fixation in Patients with Bone Tumors (Kamron Aflatoon, Deborah Anne Frassica, Nozomu Inoue, & Frank J. Frassica) 14.External Fixator - Today and Tomorrow (J. Carel Goslings) 15.Fracture Prevention and Medical Treatment of Osteoporosis (Joseph M. Lane, Linda Russell, & Safdar N. Khan)  PART III. New Clinical Applications and Novel Concepts: Bone Screws, Pins, and Augmentation  16.Resorbable Cement for Augmentation of Internal Fixation of Hip Fractures (Sune Larsson & Stuart B. Goodman) 17.Fixation of Unstable Osteoporotic Intertrochanteric Fractures Using the DHS and a Glass-Ionometric Cement (Lutz Claes, C. Becker, M. Simnacher, and I. Hoellen) 18.Enhancing Stability of External-Fixation Pins with Hydroxyapatite Coating (Antonio Moroni) 19.Enhancing Internal Fixation with Novel Device and Hydroxyapatite Granules in Osteosynthesis of Proximal Femoral Fracture with Osteoporosis (Kazuhiro Hasegawa) 20.An Interlocking Screw for Fixation in Osteoporotic Bone (Brodie E. McKoy & Yuehuei H. An) 21.An Injectable Cement Screw for Fixation in Osteoporotic Bone (Brodie E. McKoy & Yuehuei H. An) 22.A Cement Screw for Fixation in Osteoporotic Metaphyseal Bone (Peter Reynders and L. Labey)  PART IV. New Clinical Applications and Novel Concepts: Bone Plates  23.Resorbable Implants for Augmenting Metal Plate Fixation in Osteoporotic Bone (Sylwester Gogolewski) 24.Interlocked Blade Plates in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Metaphyseal Fractures (S. H. Palmer) 25.LISS Plate for Fracture Fixation of Long Bones (Kyle Watford & Langdon A. Hartsock) 26.An Axially Mobile Plate for Fracture Fixation (J. Sun, E. W. Abel, & David I. Rowley)  PART V. New Clinical Applications and Novel Concepts: Intramedullary Nails  27.The Huckstep Nail for Fixation of Mechanically Deficient Femoral Bone (Nasser M. Kurdy & Charles I. Ayekoloye) 28.Cement Fixation of Proximal Humeral Fractures in the Elderly Patient (Masahiko Matsuda) 29.A Synthes Spiral Blade Intramedullary Nail System for Proximal Humeral Fractures (Jeffrey M. Conrad & Langdon A. Hartsock) 30.An Expandable Intramedullary Nail for Fixation in Osteoporotic Bone (Nadav Shasa, Nehemia Blumberg, Michael Tauber, & Shmuel Dekel) 31.Improving the Distal Fixation of Intramedullary Nails in Osteoporotic Bone (Frederick J. Kummer)  PART VI. New Clinical Applications and Novel Concepts: Spinal Fixation  32.Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Using Bone Cement (Bernard Cortet, Pierre Hardouin, & Anne Cotten) 33.Transpedicular Vertebroplasty with CaP Cement (Jorrit-Jan Verlaan, F. Cumbur Oner, Abraham J. Verbout, & Wouter J. A. Dhert) 34.Percutaneous Kyphoplasty (Balloon Tamp) Reduction and Stabilization of Compression Vertebral Fractures (Joseph M. Lane, Safdhar N. Khan, and Federico P. Girardi) 35.A Self-Guided Pedicle Screw for Anterior Fixation of Cervical Spine (Baozen Liu & Yuehuei H. An) 36.TPS Devices for Treatment of Vertebral Tumors and Compression Fractures (Jean-Valery C. E. Coumans, MD, Connie P. Marchek, & Fraser C. Henderson)