Internal Fixation of Small Fractures

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. History and Goals

   1. History and Goals

      • Urs Heim, Karl M. Pfeiffer

      Pages 1-2

3. General Section

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3

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   2. Implants and Instruments

      • Urs Heim, Karl M. Pfeiffer

      Pages 5-30

   3. General Techniques for the Internal Fixation of Small Fractures

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      Pages 31-67

   4. Preoperative, Operative, and Postoperative Guidelines

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      Pages 69-71

   5. Removal of Implants

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      Pages 73-74

   6. Autogenous Bone Grafts

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      Pages 75-76

   7. Reconstructive Surgery

      • Urs Heim, Karl M. Pfeiffer

      Pages 77-80

4. Special Section

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Introduction and Overview

      • Urs Heim, Karl M. Pfeiffer

      Pages 83-83

   3. The Shoulder Girdle

      • Urs Heim, Karl M. Pfeiffer

      Pages 85-106

   4. The Elbow

      • Urs Heim, Karl M. Pfeiffer

      Pages 107-137

   5. The Shafts of the Radius and Ulna

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      Pages 139-144

   6. The Wrist and Carpus

      • Urs Heim, Karl M. Pfeiffer

      Pages 145-178

   7. The Hand

      • Urs Heim, Karl M. Pfeiffer

      Pages 179-245

   8. The Knee

      • Urs Heim, Karl M. Pfeiffer

      Pages 247-258

   9. The Tibial Shaft

      • Urs Heim, Karl M. Pfeiffer

      Pages 259-260

   10. The Ankle Joint

       • Urs Heim, Karl M. Pfeiffer

       Pages 261-335

   11. The Foot

       • Urs Heim, Karl M. Pfeiffer

       Pages 337-371

The second English-language edition of the Small Fragment Set Manual was enthusiastically received and quickly went into a second printing. In preparing a third edition, we found it necessary to revise the text extensively and partly restructure it. The reasons for this are numerous. Experience of recent years has brought technical refinements in the operative treatment of many types of small fracture. Many of these changes stem from the small-fragment-set training programs conducted in Switzerland since 1980, and also from courses and symposia that have been held in other European countries and the United States. These events were occasions for a fruitful ex­ change of experience with surgeons who were critical of our methods. As a result of this exchange, we perceived a need both to revise our indications and to give greater attention to alternative techniques. We also felt it necessary to respond to criticisms of the first two editions concerning the catalog-like instrument lists and illustrations, and the attention given to fundamental techniques. Many surgeons who work or would like to work with small implants, especially those practicing abroad, are inexperienced in operations on the larger bones. It is imperative that these colleagues be given a basic introduction to the "biomechanical thinking" of the Swiss Association for the Study of Internal Fixation (ASIF).

• Instrument
• Osteosynthese
• ankle
• bone
• fixation
• foot
• fracture
• hand
• implant
• knee
• reconstructive surgery
• shoulder
• surgery
• traumatology
• Trauma Surgery

• Gümligen-Bern, Switzerland

  Urs Heim

• Chirurgisches Departement, Kantonsspital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  Karl M. Pfeiffer

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