Practical Procedures in Elective Orthopedic Surgery (eBook)

Giannoudis, Peter V. (Editor), Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds.

Upper Extremity.- Clavicle – Shoulder.- Treatment of non–union of clavicle fracture.- Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation.- Diagnostic Shoulder Arthroscopy.- Acromioplasty.- Rotator cuff repair (open / arthroscopic).- Open anterior shoulder stabilisation.- Arthroscopic Shoulder Stabilization.- Arthroscopic Capsular Release for Shoulder Stiffness.- Total shoulder arthroplasty in degenerative osteoarthritis of the shoulder.- Humerus – Elbow.- Non-unions Of The Humeral Shaft: Open Reduction Plate Fixation And Autologous Bone Graft Augmentation.- Repair of the Ruptured Distal Biceps Tendon.- Ulnar Nerve Transposition.- Lateral Collateral Ligament Reconstruction for Posterolateral Rotatory Instability of the Elbow.- Elbow arthroscopy.- Total Elbow Arthroplasty.- Forearm – Wrist.- Forearm Non-unions.- Wrist Arthroscopy.- Wrist Arthrodesis.- Scaphoid Non-Union.- Trapezectomy.- Carpal Tunnel Release.- Release of the First Extensor compartment at the Wrist (DeQuervain’s decompression).- Dupuytrens Fasciectomy.- Trigger Finger release.- Tendon transfers for Median Nerve Palsy.- Tendon transfers for Radial Nerve Palsy.- Tendon transfers for Ulnar Nerve Palsy.- Spine.- Cervical Spine.- Surgical technique of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF).- Lumbar Spine.- Microdiscectomy / Microdecompression for Intra-Spinal Intervertebral Disc Prolapses and Lateral Recess Stenosis.- Lumbar Decompression and Instrumented Fusion.- Spinal Stenosis / Decompression.- Scoliosis.- Posterior Correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (Principles for the posterior correction of spinal curvatures).- Vertebro / Kyphoplasty.- Surgical technique of Vertebral Cement Augmentation (Vertebro / Kyphoplasty).