European Instructional Lectures

1. Front Matter

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2. General Orthopaedics

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Bone Healing: The Diamond Concept

      • Peter V. Giannoudis, Michalis Panteli, Giorgio Maria Calori

      Pages 3-16

   3. The Dangers of Peri-operative Smoking in Orthopaedic Surgery

      • Alain C. Masquelet

      Pages 17-23

   4. Sarcopenia and Osteoporosis: What Orthopaedic Surgeons Should Know

      • Cornel C. Sieber

      Pages 25-33

   5. Management of Infected Total Joint Arthroplasty

      • Burak Beksaç

      Pages 35-46

   6. Indications for Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure: When, Where and Why?

      • Cristina Ojeda-Thies, Antonio Jesús Díaz-Gutiérrez, Pedro Caba-Doussoux

      Pages 47-59

3. Trauma

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. Early Total Care vs. Damage-Control Orthopedic Surgery: Evidence Based?

      • Christian Kleber, Norbert P. Haas

      Pages 63-70

   3. Acute Management of Traumatic Bone Defects in the Lower Limb

      • T. Begue, J. C. Auregan

      Pages 71-83

4. Tumours

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Diagnostic Strategy for Bone Tumours

      • Jacob Bickels

      Pages 87-97

5. Paediatric Orthopaedics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. New Trends in the Management of Osteo-articular Infections in Children

      • Manuel Cassiano Neves, Catarina Gouveia, Maria Joao Brito, Maria Favila Menezes, Pedro Falcão

      Pages 101-113

6. Spine

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Diagnosis and Treatment of Upper Cervical Spine Trauma in the Elderly

      • Christian Garreau de Loubresse

      Pages 117-126

7. Shoulder and Arm

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. Periprosthetic Fractures in the Upper Limb

      • Pierre Mansat

      Pages 129-143

8. Hip

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. Patient Safety in Fast-Track Total Hip and Knee Replacement

      • Henrik Kehlet, Christoffer Calov Jørgensen

      Pages 147-151

This fourteenth volume in the EUROPEAN INSTRUCTIONAL LECTURES series continues the format of educational chapters from across Orthopaedics and Traumatology contributed by distinguished Orthopaedic Educators in Europe. It provides current material and major advances covering a range of topics including: General Orthopaedics, Basic Science and Technology, Musculo-skeletal Tumours, Infections, Paediatric Orthopaedics, Trauma, Spine, Upper Limb, Hip, Knee, Leg, Ankle and Foot. All the chapters are based on lectures presented at the 15th EFORT Congress in London, England. The lectures are an authoritative source of information illustrated by radiographs, MRI, CT and PET Scans, operative photographs, tables and line drawings as appropriate. They are an invaluable source of instruction for Surgeons and Trainees alike. This book was edited by Professor George Bentley, Chairman, Scientific Publications Committee of EFORT.

• Infection
• Musculo-skeletal Tumours
• Paediatric Orthopaedics
• Trauma
• Treatment

“This is an excellent book on common problems in orthopaedics. … I recommend this book of interest to US orthopedic colleagues included. This will benefit trainees. This is part of a whole series of texts about the orthopaedics discipline.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, November, 2015)

• Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Stanmore, United Kingdom

  George Bentley

Professor George Bentley is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Director of the Institute of Orthopaedics, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA 4LP, UK. He is Director of Clinical Studies, Clinical Training and Research Advisor. Furthermore, he is Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Stanmore. He is Past President of EFORT, Chairman Awards and Prizes Com., and Chairman Scientific Publ. Com.

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