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Manual of INTERNAL FIXATION

Techniques Recommended by the AO-ASIF Group

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  1. M. E. Müller

    1. Fondation Maurice E. Müller, Bern, Switzerland

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  2. M. Allgöwer

    1. International Society of Surgery (ISS) / Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC), Reinach BL 1, Switzerland

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  3. R. Schneider

    1. Biel, Switzerland

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  4. H. Willenegger

    1. AO-International, Bern, Switzerland

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  1. M. Allgöwer

    1. International Society of Surgery (ISS) / Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC), Reinach BL 1, Switzerland

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVIII
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  2. Basic Aspects of Internal Fixation

    • S. M. Perren
    Pages 1-158

  4. Screws and Plates and Their Application

    • J. Schatzker
    Pages 179-290

  5. Medullary Nailing of Femur and Tibia

    • S. Weller, D. Höntsch
    Pages 291-365

  6. External Fixation

    • F. Behrens
    Pages 367-410

  8. Scapula, Clavicle, Humerus

    • Th. Rüedi, L. Schweiberer
    Pages 427-452

  9. Forearm and Hand/Mini-Implants

    • U. Heim
    Pages 453-484

  10. Pelvis

    • M. Tile
    Pages 485-500

  11. Acetabulum

    • J. M. Matta
    Pages 501-518

  12. Proximal Femur

    • R. Ganz
    Pages 519-534

  13. Femoral Shaft and Distal Femur

    • H. Tscherne
    Pages 535-552

  14. Patella and Tibia

    • R. Szyszkowitz
    Pages 553-594

  15. Malleolar Fractures

    • B. G. Weber, Ch. Colton
    Pages 595-612

  16. Foot

    • S. T. Hansen
    Pages 613-626

  17. Compound Fractures

    • W. W. Rittmann, J. K. Webb
    Pages 683-688

  18. Fractures in Children

    • Ch. Colton, R. K. Marti
    Pages 689-712

  19. Pseudarthroses

    • H. Rosen
    Pages 713-742

  20. Infections

    • H. Willenegger
    Pages 743-746
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About this book

In the early 1950s, the pioneering work of Robert Danis on operative treatment of fractures was in danger of falling into oblivion. Maurice E. Milller, impressed and intrigued by his contacts with Danis, first critically applied internal fixation and immediate mobilization to some 80 patients and found the basic concept confirmed, but in need of further develop­ ment with regard to technology, clinical application, and scientific analysis. In 1958 he assembled a group of friends, general and orthopedic surgeons, willing to invest time and effort in helping to create the necessary armamentarium and to form a study group for clinical trials. This group was set up in the same year under the name Arbeitsgemein­ schaft fUr Osteosynthesefragen (AO), later on to be known in English-speaking countries as the Association for the Study of Internal Fixation (ASIF). The first report on operative treatment of fractures by Milller, Allgower, and Willeneg­ ger, published in 1963, stressed the advantages of early open reduction and internal fixa­ tion. This book, first published in German, amusingly lost an important part when trans­ lated into English. At the suggestion of worried American and English partners, a picture series showing the healing pattern of 188 tibial fractures operated on in Chur between December 20, 1961 and April 26, 1962 was left out.
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Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • International Society of Surgery (ISS) / Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC), Reinach BL 1, Switzerland

    M. Allgöwer, M. Allgöwer

  • Fondation Maurice E. Müller, Bern, Switzerland

    M. E. Müller

  • Biel, Switzerland

    R. Schneider

  • AO-International, Bern, Switzerland

    H. Willenegger

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Manual of INTERNAL FIXATION

  • Book Subtitle: Techniques Recommended by the AO-ASIF Group

  • Authors: M. E. Müller, M. Allgöwer, R. Schneider, H. Willenegger

  • Editors: M. Allgöwer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77380-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1992

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-77380-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 752

  • Number of Illustrations: 267 b/w illustrations, 411 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Orthopedics, Traumatic Surgery

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