There are several different types of external fixation. There is the transarticular external fixator with pins in the second metacarpal and pins in the radius. It can be either static or dynamic i.e. a locking ball-joint system which permits wrist mobilization midway through the treatment). There is also periarticular... Expert

OTA 2002 - Session 7 Session VII - Tibia Sat., 10/12/02 Tibia, Paper #48, 4:43 PM The Use of Hybrid Fixators in Proximal Tibia Fractures Roberto Varsalona, MD ; Bruce H. Ziran, MD; S. Avondo, MD; Q. Mollica, MD; University of Catagnia, Sicily, Italy; and University of Pittsburgh, Department of Orthopaedics,...

OTA 2002 - Session 1 Session I - Combined Session (International Society for Fracture Repair) Fri., 10/11/02 Combined Session, Paper #1, 8:16 AM The Effect of Early Stability on Fracture Repair Theodore Miclau, III, MD ; Zachary Thompson, BS; Celine Colnot, PhD; Diane Hu, MD; Zena Werb, PhD; Jill Helms,...

- if bone is dense enough to permit stable fixation, patients treated by percutaneous pinning have the advantage of immediate, full weight bearing postoperatively;
- failures in percutaneous pinning include...

Cochrane Review by J Temple and J Santy Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007 Issue 2 Copyright © 2007 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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If you suddenly start feeling pain in your lower back or hip that radiates down from your buttock to the back of one thigh and into your leg, your problem may be a protruding disk in your lower spinal column pressing on the roots to your sciatic nerve.... Highly Reputable

Fractures have been treated with immobilization, traction, amputation, and internal fixation throughout history. Immobilization by casting, bracing, or splinting a joint above and below the fracture was used for most long bone fractures, with the exception of the femur, for which traction was the mainstay of treatment. In the past,...

St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, MN, plans to broadcast a pediatric osteotomy surgery. The webcast is slated for Monday, April 30, 2007, at 12:00 p.m. CDT.

Duluth Clinic pediatric orthopaedic surgeon David Gordon, MD, will perform the live procedure. Duluth Clinic orthopaedic surgeons Laura Trombino, MD, and Thomas Patnoe, MD,...

Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: Experiences at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a Review of Literature
From the 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Abstract: Osteochondritis dissecans is a condition primarily found in the knee, elbow, and ankle, which affects subchondral bone and potentially the overlying articular...

(Radiographics. 2003;23:1569-1590.) © RSNA, 2003 Fracture Fixation1 Mihra S. Taljanovic, MD, Marci D. Jones, MD, John T. Ruth, MD, James B. Benjamin, MD, Joseph E. Sheppard, MD and Tim B. Hunter, MD 1 From the Departments of Radiology (M.S.T., T.B.H.) and Orthopaedic Surgery (M.D.J., J.T.R., J.B.B., J.E.S.), University of Arizona College...