Practice of Intramedullary Locked Nails (eBook)

Advances in Biology and Fracture Healing in Locked Nails.- Cellular Aspects of Bone Defect Healing After Implantation of Calcium Phosphate-Based Bone Substitutes.- Osteoinduction: Basic Principles and Developments.- Intramedullary Reaming of Long Bones.- Differentiation Capacity and Characterisation of Cells Growing out of Human Reaming Debris.- Materials Used for Intramedullary Devices.- Implant Alloys and Interfacial Engineering.- New Designs of Intramedullary Nails.- A New Titanium Nail for the Femur: Concept and Design.- Advances in Tibial Nailing.- The Development of Retrograde Nailing for Distal Femur Fractures.- Retrograde Nailing of the Femur: Contemporary Indications and Technique.- Antegrade Femoral Nailing Without the Aid of a Fracture Table.- The Operative Technique for the Latest Generation Gamma Nail (the Gamma3).- Evolution of Implants for Trochanteric Fracture Fixation: The Engineer’s Point of View.- A New Concept in the Treatment of Fibular Fractures with Intramedullary Implants.- Hydraulically Expandable Nailing in the Treatment of Long Bone Fractures and Pseudarthroses.- Proximal Humeral Fractures.- Intramedullary Nailing of Proximal Humeral Fractures.- Intramedullary Nailing of Humeral Shaft Fractures.- A Fully Implantable, Programmable Distraction Nail (Fitbone) — New Perspectives for Corrective and Reconstructive Limb Surgery.- A Novel Internal Callus Distraction System.- Callus Distraction with the Albizzia Nail.- Intramedullary Fixation of Long Bond Fractures in Infancy and Adolescence.- Intramedullary Stabilization of the Long Bones in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta.- Intramedullary Fixation of Long Bone Fractures in Infancy and Adolescence.- New Technologies: Navigation and Targeting Devices.- Basic Principles of Fluoro-Navigation.- New Technology: Image-Guided Navigation in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeries.- Review of Existing, Mounted Targeting Devices for Distal Locking of Intramedullary Nails.- Distal Locking with Mechanical Jig (Author’s Own Technique).- Coating of Implants and Infection Prophylaxis.- Rationale for Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Open Fractures.- Active Coating of Implants used in Orthopedic Surgery.- Plasma Polymer — High-Porosity Silver Composite Coating for Infection Prophylaxis in Intramedullary Nailing.