Planning and Reduction Technique in Fracture Surgery

Abstract

1: Rationale.- 2: Anticipation (Preoperative Planning).- Fractures and Post-traumatic Residuals.- Osteotomies.- The Goals of Planning.- Preoperative Planning by Direct Overlay Technique: The Making of a Jigsaw Puzzle.- Preoperative Planning of an Acute Fracture Using the Sound Side: Solving the Jigsaw Puzzle.- 3: Reduction with Plates.- Using a Straight Plate as a Reduction Aid.- Reduction of a Distal Third Oblique Fracture of the Tibia by Means of an Antiglide Plate.- Fractures of the Fibula.- Forearm Fractures.- Acetabular Fractures.- Using the Angled Blade Plate as a Reduction Tool.- Proximal Femur.- Summary.- 4: Reduction with Distraction.- The Femoral Distractor.- The External Fixator in Reduction and Internal Fixation of Os Calcis Fractures.- The Minidistractor.- Summary.- 5: Substitution.- Combined Internal and External Fixation.- Composite Fixation.- Summary.- 6: Tricks.- Tricks with Instruments.- Tricks with Implants.- References.