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PIP Joint Fracture Dislocations

A Clinical Casebook

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Overview

  • Presents a case-based approach for the evaluation and management of PIP joint fracture dislocations and how to differentiate and determine the best treatment options
  • Discusses both operative and non-operative procedures, including open and closed reduction internal fixation, external fixation and arthroplasty, with attention to the role of therapy and splinting
  • An excellent resource for hand and orthopedic surgeons, as well as hand and physical therapists and sports medicine physicians

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

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About this book

Comprised exclusively of clinical cases covering injuries to the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint, this concise, practical casebook will provide orthopedic surgeons and hand surgeons with the best real-world strategies to properly manage the multifaceted surgical techniques for management of the PIP. Each chapter is a case that opens with a unique clinical presentation, followed by a description of the diagnosis, assessment and management techniques used to treat it, as well as the case outcome and clinical pearls and pitfalls. Cases included illustrate both operative and non-operative treatment of volar fracture dislocations, dorsal block splinting and pinning, ORIF with screw fixation, volar plate and hemi hamate arthroplasty, PIP joint fusion, and pediatric PIP joint injuries, among others. Pragmatic and reader-friendly, PIP Joint Fracture Dislocations: A Clinical Casebook will be an excellent resource for orthopedic surgeons and Hand surgeons confronted with both commonand complex fractures to the PIP joint.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Mayo Clinic, Minneapolis, USA

    Julie E. Adams

About the editor

Julie E. Adams, MD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: PIP Joint Fracture Dislocations

  • Book Subtitle: A Clinical Casebook

  • Editors: Julie E. Adams

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28579-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28577-1Published: 10 May 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28579-5Published: 25 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 227

  • Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations, 119 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Orthopedics, Sports Medicine

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