Shoulder and Elbow Trauma

by Raffy Mirzayan (Editor), John M. Itamura (Editor)

Overview

Orthopedists have long needed a text on the challenging field of shoulder and elbow trauma. This techniques-oriented book offers clear and easy-to-follow guidelines on the latest surgical advances, including the use of new bioabsorbable implants and fixation methods. More than 300 illustrations demonstrate steps of a surgical procedure with outstanding clarity. You'll also find practical guidelines for treating pediatric elbow fractures and dislocations, stenoclavicular injuries, proximal humerus fractures, and many others. With the experiences of leading specialists augmented with editorial comments, this book provides a broad range of information you need to successfully perform any operation involving the shoulder and elbow.

Key features:

• Step-by-step instructions and illustrations provide a ''roadmap'' to surgery
• Editorial comments offer different surgical options and alternatives
• Tips and pearls impart the insights of leading experts in the field
• Valuable sections on complications alert you to potential problems
• Contains a foreword by Charles Rockwood, pioneering developer of the globally used shoulder replacement system

With key information that refreshes your knowledge and demonstrates new techniques, this book is essential for orthopedic surgeons, traumatologists, shoulder and elbow surgeons, and physical therapists; order today!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781638533351
Publisher:	Thieme Publishers New York
Publication date:	01/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	213
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Table of Contents

Section I. Elbow Trauma
1. Dislocations, Fracture Dislocations, and Instability
2. Radial Head Fractures
3. Capitellum Fractures
4. Olecranon Fractures
5. Intra-articular Distal Humerus Fractures
6. Open Fractures, Infections, Non/Malunion and Heterotopic Ossification of the Shoulder and Elbow
7. Soft Tissue Coverage of the Elbow
8. The Post-traumatic Stiff Elbow: Overview and Management
9. Pediatric Elbow Fractures
Section II. Shoulder Trauma
10. Sternoclavicular Injuries
11. Clavicle Fractures, Malunions, and Nonunions
12. Distal Clavicle Fractures and Acromioclavicular Joint Injuries
13. Two- and Three-Part Fractures of the Proximal Humerus
14. Four-Part Proximal Humerus Fractures Treated with Hemiarthroplasty
15. Soft Tissue Coverage of the Shoulder

Editorial Reviews

3 Stars from Doody

Reviewer: Benjamin A. Goldberg, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Description: This book describes current treatment of shoulder and elbow trauma.
Purpose: This is a technique oriented book, designed to enable a surgeon to read a chapter and treat shoulder and elbow injuries of variable severity and difficulty. These are worthy but somewhat unreasonable objectives, as surgeon experience and judgment are difficult to learn by only reading one chapter, especially if a surgeon is not familiar with either the anatomy, typical fracture patterns, or fixation methods that are commonly used.
Audience: The book is written for orthopedic surgeons who treat shoulder and elbow trauma and is of sufficient detail to meet the needs of this audience. The authors are credible authorities.
Features: The descriptions of elbow instability, radial head and capitellum fractures, olecranon fractures, sternnoclavicular fractures, and ORIF of proximal humerus fractures are very good. There are many good illustrations in most chapters. Although there is a very good description on sternoclavicular instability, there is minimal coverage on the more common glenohumeral instability. Additionally, there are no diagrams on plating of midshaft clavicle fractures. The chapters on soft tissue coverage about the elbow and shoulder/axilla would be insufficient for a surgeon with little or no experience on free or rotational flaps to safely perform some procedures and do not fit the purpose of the book. Additionally, more color illustrations and more descriptions in the legend of each figure would have been helpful. Additionally, some aspects of newer fixation methods (i.e. periarticular paltes) could have been expanded in regards to the instrumentation (i.e. beaded K-wires to provisionally hold fragments to the plate).
Assessment: The book is of above average quality and several chapters are especially useful. Several sections contain up-to-date material not found in competing textbooks, including the mention of periarticular elbow plating and proximal humeral locking plates, and the bibliography is good for a book of this size. However, some illustrations/photos are confusing with inadequate text descriptions. More importantly, the chapters on soft tissue coverage do not help the average surgeon who rarely encounters significant soft tissue loss, as the physician and patient may be better served by consulting someone familiar with these procedures. Additionally, the detail in these chapters may be insufficient for those who are familiar with challenges in soft tissue coverage.

Doody's Review Service

Each chapter describes treatment step by step, accompanied by many drawings in black and white. —European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

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