Practical Pediatric Orthopedics Staheli

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Cellular Aspects of Bone Defect Healing After Implantation of Calcium Phosphate-Based Bone Substitutes....Pages 7-21
Osteoinduction: Basic Principles and Developments....Pages 23-42
Intramedullary Reaming of Long Bones....Pages 43-56
Differentiation Capacity and Characterisation of Cells Growing out of Human Reaming Debris....Pages 57-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Implant Alloys and Interfacial Engineering....Pages 67-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
A New Titanium Nail for the Femur: Concept and Design....Pages 85-98
Advances in Tibial Nailing....Pages 99-107
The Development of Retrograde Nailing for Distal Femur Fractures....Pages 109-115
Retrograde Nailing of the Femur: Contemporary Indications and Technique....Pages 117-126
Antegrade Femoral Nailing Without the Aid of a Fracture Table....Pages 127-131
The Operative Technique for the Latest Generation Gamma Nail (the Gamma3)....Pages 133-137
Evolution of Implants for Trochanteric Fracture Fixation: The Engineer’s Point of View....Pages 139-144
A New Concept in the Treatment of Fibular Fractures with Intramedullary Implants....Pages 145-153
Hydraulically Expandable Nailing in the Treatment of Long Bone Fractures and Pseudarthroses....Pages 155-158
Proximal Humeral Fractures....Pages 159-167
Intramedullary Nailing of Proximal Humeral Fractures....Pages 169-177
Intramedullary Nailing of Humeral Shaft Fractures....Pages 179-187
A Fully Implantable, Programmable Distraction Nail (Fitbone) — New Perspectives for Corrective and Reconstructive Limb Surgery....Pages 189-198
A Novel Internal Callus Distraction System....Pages 199-210
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Callus Distraction with the Albizzia Nail....Pages 211-215
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Intramedullary Stabilization of the Long Bones in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta....Pages 219-229
Intramedullary Fixation of Long Bone Fractures in Infancy and Adolescence....Pages 231-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Basic Principles of Fluoro-Navigation....Pages 243-247
New Technology: Image-Guided Navigation in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeries....Pages 249-263
Review of Existing, Mounted Targeting Devices for Distal Locking of Intramedullary Nails....Pages 265-270
Distal Locking with Mechanical Jig (Author’s Own Technique)....Pages 271-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Rationale for Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Open Fractures....Pages 277-281
Active Coating of Implants used in Orthopedic Surgery....Pages 283-296
Plasma Polymer — High-Porosity Silver Composite Coating for Infection Prophylaxis in Intramedullary Nailing....Pages 297-303