Practice of Intramedullary Locked Nails

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Introduction

   • I. Kempf, H. Seidel

   Pages 1-1

3. Ipsilateral Hip and Diaphyseal Fractures

   • K. S. Leung

   Pages 3-11

4. Distal Femoral Fractures

   • K. S. Leung

   Pages 13-22

5. Proximal and Distal Tibial Fractures

   • G. Taglang

   Pages 23-28

6. Open Fractures

   • C. M. Court-Brown, A. C. Masquelet, B. Schenck

   Pages 29-56

7. Treatment of Nonunions

   • D. Dagrenat, I. Kempf

   Pages 57-63

8. Retrograde Nailing of Fractures

   • P. H. Breedveld, J. P. A. M. Verbruggen, J. W. J. L. Stapert

   Pages 65-71

9. Osteotomies of the Femoral Diaphysis by Closed Technique

   • D. Grosse, D. Brinkert, I. Kempf

   Pages 73-81

10. Arthrodesis with Locking Nails

    • H. Seidel

    Pages 83-93

11. Tumor Surgery

    • S. Boriani, F. De Iure, A. Gasbarrini, S. Bandiera

    Pages 95-107

12. New Developments and Perspectives

    • F. C. Bakker, G. J. Eggink, M. L. M. J. Goessens, H. J. T. M. Haarman, C. Lefèvre, D. Le Nen et al.

    Pages 109-127

13. Atlas of Clinical Cases

    • S. Boriani, R. Pascarella, G. Taglang, C. Lefèvre, D. Le Nen, H. Seidel

    Pages 129-158

14. Back Matter

    Pages 159-160

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This book focuses on the internal fixation of long bones by using intramedullary locked nails in a closed technique. Intramedullary fixation fulfils the biological requirements for fracture healing and minimises surgical trauma. Locked nails provide a favourable mechanical environment for fracture stabilisation and post-operative rehabilitation. It illustrates the use and relevance of this technique in orthopaedic and trauma surgery including reconstructive surgery, covering the basic scientific principles of reaming and locking as well as basic and advanced surgical techniques. Prevention of complications and complication management are discussed in detail. An international board of editors and authors stand for expertise in the different subspecialties of the topic. Comprehensive information is thus provided enabling the reader to reliably use the techniques described.

• Intramedullary Nails
• complication
• fixation
• fracture
• hip
• osteosynthesis
• osteotomy
• rehabilitation
• surgery
• surgical techniques
• trauma
• Trauma Surgery

From the reviews:

"This two-volume book … constitutes an indispensable work to whom is interested in intra-medullary locked-nailing. The first volume is dedicated to the basic sciences and standard techniques as recommended by the International Association for Dynamic Osteosynthesis (IADO). … The second work is dedicated to the more special techniques which are the femoral diaphyseal fractures … the femoral distal fractures, the open fractures. … One must congratulate the authors for having organized in an efficient way the spreading of this method, which revolutionized the prognosis." (Pierre Kehr, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Vol. 13 (3), 2003)

• AIOD, Straßbourg, France

  I. Kempf

• Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China

  K. S. Leung

• Centre de Traumatologie et d’Orthopédie, Straßbourg, France

  A. Grosse, G. Taglang

• Department of Surgery, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  H. J. T. M. Haarman

• Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wandsbeck, Hamburg, Germany

  H. Seidel

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